diff --git a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataCreationDate.ts b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataCreationDate.ts
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+//The elements are [tagname1, tag-name1, description]
+//tagname1 is typically a full date time, but in some cases tagname1 and tagname2 together make up a full timestamp
+
+
+const metadataTags: [string, string, string][] = [
+  // EXIF tags
+  ["exif.DateTimeOriginal", "exif.OffsetTimeOriginal", "Date and time when the original image was taken"],
+  ["exif.CreateDate", "exif.OffsetTime", "Date and time when the image was created"],
+  ["xmp:CreateDate", "", "Date and time when the image was created (XMP standard)"],
+  ["exif.DateTimeDigitized", "exif.OffsetTimeDigitized", "Date and time when the image was digitized"],
+  ["iptc.DateCreated", "iptc.TimeCreated", "Date and time when the image was created (IPTC standard)"],
+  ["ihdr.Creation Time", "", "PNG Creation Time"],
+  
+  // TIFF tags
+  ["TIFF.DateTime", "", "Date and time when the image was created (TIFF standard)"],
+  
+  // QuickTime tags
+  ["quicktime.CreationDate", "", "Date and time when the QuickTime movie was created"],
+  ["quicktime.CreateDate", "", "Date and time when the QuickTime movie was created in UTC"],
+
+  //Photoshop tags
+  ["photoshop.DateCreated", "", "Date and time when the image was created"],
+  
+  // AVI tags
+  ["AVI.CreationTime", "", "Date and time when the AVI video was created"],
+  
+  // MP4 tags
+  ["MP4.CreationTime", "", "Date and time when the MP4 video was created"],
+  ["MP4.ModifyDate", "", "Date and time when the MP4 video was last modified"],
+  
+  // WebP tags
+  ["WebP.VP8X/Time", "", "Date and time when the WebP image was created"],
+  
+  
+  // HEIC tags
+  ["heic.ContentCreateDate", "", "Date and time when the HEIC image content was created"],
+  ["heic.CreationDate", "", "Date and time when the HEIC image was created"],
+  
+  // RAW image format tags
+  ["cr2.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Canon RAW image was taken"],
+  ["nef.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Nikon RAW image was taken"],
+  ["dng.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original DNG image was taken"],
+  ["rw2.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Panasonic RAW image was taken"],
+  ["arw.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Sony Alpha RAW image was taken"],
+  ["cr3.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Canon RAW image was taken"],
+  ["sr2.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Sony RAW image was taken"],
+  ["orf.DateTimeOriginal", "", "Date and time when the original Olympus RAW image was taken"],
+  
+  ["ifd0.ModifyDate", "", "Modificaton date from the idf0 section"],
+  ["xmp:ModifyDate", "", "Date and time when the image was last modified (XMP standard)"]
+
+];
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