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# creationDate

A metadata item that indicates the asset’s creation date.

```
var creationDate: AVMetadataItem? { get }
```

## Discussion

If the asset contains metadata that the framework can convert to an <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSDate>, you can retrieve it from the metadata item using its [`dateValue`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMetadataItem/dateValue) property. Otherwise, you retrieve it as a string by using the metadata item’s [`stringValue`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVMetadataItem/stringValue) property.

This property value is `nil` if no creation date metadata exists.

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