# Display creation date stored in PDFs (not file date stamp)?

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/display-creation-date-stored-in-pdfs-not-file-date-stamp/41641
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [July 6, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/display-creation-date-stored-in-pdfs-not-file-date-stamp/41641 "2022-07-06T17:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/lxp/32/33734_2.png) [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/display-creation-date-stored-in-pdfs-not-file-date-stamp/41641/2 "2022-07-06T17:56:48Z")

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That's probably the tag `PDF-CreateDate`, which is available through this add-in:

> [@ExifTool Custom Columns](https://resource.dopus.com/t/exiftool-custom-columns/38975):
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> This script add-in generates custom columns showing metadata provided by ExifTool. It's designed for speed and comes with a few helper buttons that make it convenient and easy to use. The custom columns can be formatted as dates and numbers which ma…

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