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# creationDate

A metadata item that indicates the creation date of an asset.

```
static var creationDate: AVAsyncProperty<Root, AVMetadataItem?> { get }
```

## Discussion

Use the [`load(_:isolation:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVAsynchronousKeyValueLoading/load(_:isolation:)) method to retrieve the property value.

If the asset stores a creation date in a form the system can convert to an <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSDate>, the metadata item’s [`dateValue`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMetadataItem/dateValue) property contains a valid date. Otherwise, the creation date is available only as a string that you retrieve by calling the metadata item’s [`stringValue`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMetadataItem/stringValue) property.

This property may be `nil`.

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