diff --git a/Damselfly.Core/Services/MetaDataService.cs b/Damselfly.Core/Services/MetaDataService.cs
index 038f6b7e..aac77511 100644
--- a/Damselfly.Core/Services/MetaDataService.cs
+++ b/Damselfly.Core/Services/MetaDataService.cs
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ private bool GetImageMetaData(ref ImageMetaData imgMetaData, out string[] keywor
 
                 if ( IfdDirectory != null )
                 {
+                    if ( imgMetaData.DateTaken == DateTime.MinValue )
+                        imgMetaData.DateTaken = IfdDirectory.SafeGetExifDateTime(ExifDirectoryBase.TagDateTime);
+                            
                     var exifDesc = IfdDirectory.SafeExifGetString(ExifDirectoryBase.TagImageDescription).SafeTrim();
                     imgMetaData.Description = FilteredDescription(exifDesc);
 
@@ -1091,4 +1094,4 @@ public static void GetImageSize(string fullPath, out int width, out int height)
     }
 
     #endregion
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}