When using Mac mail, pictures received do not keep their original dates. Why?

Using the native mail application  (version 6.6) inside of OS X (version 10.8.5),  the dates from the photographs (sent by others) are being removed. To summarize of the picture was taken in November 2010 and sent via email, then saved from the mail application, the date appears to be January 2015.

There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.
One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself.
The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.
Photo applications like iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata.
If iPhoto is not showing you the correct date, make sure the sender is including the Exif metadata when they send the photo.

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