Date Added uses creation date instead of import date in djay Pro

  1. mabook pro 16” 2.6. 8 core

  2. djay 5.6.1

  3. flx4

  4. Sonoma 14.8.1

Hi,

I use one dedicated music folder on my internal drive for all tracks in djay Pro.

When I add a new batch of songs, I drag them into this folder and now the new batch is inside Djay’s Finder (kinda)

However, when I sort by Date Added, only some of the newly added tracks appear at the top.

It seems Djay is not using the actual import date. Instead, it’s using the file’s original creation date. This issue occurs in both Djay’s Finder view and Djay playlists.

Only tracks with a more recent creation date show up at the top—so the sorting is dependent on when the file was created, not when it was added to the folder or library.

For example, if I add files on March 10, but some were created/downloaded on March 5, those tracks show March 5 as the “Date Added” and don’t appear with the rest of the new files.

Issue: “Date Added” does not reflect when files are added to the folder/library (in both Djay’s Finder and playlists), making it unreliable for finding newly imported tracks.

Is there a way to fix this or force Djay to use the true import date?

The only fix I found so far is to go to the Macbook’s Finder and sort by Date Added there to see all my songs from the new batch and drag them to a new Playlist in Djay for my recent imported tracks. It’s unreliable to use Djay’s Finder or My Collection to make my new Playlist of recent imported bc not all songs show up at the top of the list.

Has anyone noticed this issue?

Thanks!

Hi @Donn, Thanks for the details about the issue and your setup - this is very helpful. Can you please also share a short screen recording of this that I can forward to engineering for review? Thanks!

Yes/No

Yes, update to v5.6.3

This was a v5.6.1 issue. Please update to v5.6.3.
I just did a test import file on my v5.6.3 and couldn’t replicate your issue, however, @Slak_Jaw I discovered something odd:
Track in Finder: modified 26 sep 2025

Track in djay pro:

As you can see @Donn djay correctly shows date added as today (albeit it also shows date modified not as in Finder (26 Sep 2025) but as today too despite not “modifying” anything in the track personally.

So, @Slak_Jaw my only confusion here is on what the 2 dates (added/modified) mean exactly in djay.

I picked and older track in collection and added a cue point onto it (just for trying out), Quit djay, reopened Djay. When I checked the track again, no date changed! Modified date remained the same as before

Hi @Armigo, from my understanding and the way I’ve seen them be used is:

Added = When it was added into My Collection (not onto the device itself)
Modified = When any data is adjusted in the Info side panel (within My Collection exclusively)

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Thanks @Armigo , @Slak_Jaw !

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You’re welcome @Donn