Why does file date show 1970 on files transfered to iTunes app window?

I am finding that files transfered to the apps section in iTunes shows last updated time different from the actual file date on the Mac.
This is happening for both Numbers, Pages and PDF HD . I just did a file sync of a PDF I created and the date in the iTunes window shows 5/27/70 9:00 am (should have been 6/30/10 12:52 pm, the date that is on the original Mac file). Dates vary between 1970 and 1971. There wasn't even a Mac on those dates!!!
Only one PDF has the correct date which is the iPad Manual (downloaded from Apple). All the files that have incorrect dates were PDF files created from my applications (Finale, InDesign, and DVDpedia). I have tested other downloaded PDFs from other sources and they all show 1970's dates on them in the iTunes App window.
This really has no real impact other than being able to determine if the most recently created file is the one on the iPad. Now, I have to delete the current file in the iTunes window and add the file again from the Mac finder to be sure. Not at all a good solution.
Is this an iTunes bug

On older computers there was a PRAM battery that would last only so long then needed changing. If the battery went dead then when the computer started it would default to a the dates you have noted.
iTunes will use the current system date to reflect the 'date added' information.
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/productinfo.php?productsid=314
MJ

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