# MacOS Voice Memo m4a files - Recording Date

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-voice-memo-m4a-files-recording-date/55855
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-voice-memo-m4a-files-recording-date/55855 "2022-01-11T10:18:33Z")
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### Author: ![Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/crissov/32/6619_2.png) [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-voice-memo-m4a-files-recording-date/55855/11 "2022-01-22T23:04:18Z")

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JFTR and judging from the Exiftool screenshot only, _Date/Time Original_ in UserData is apparently the `date` metadata box/atom, containing a string. The other dates are stored as numbers in the respective headers.

[https://www.exiftool.org/TagNames/QuickTime.html#UserData](https://www.exiftool.org/TagNames/QuickTime.html#UserData)

I’m not sure why Apple isn’t using `©day` (“Content Create Date”) here, but it’s not unreasonable to ask for (read-only?) support for [`date`](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-felder-atom-box-in-anderer-software/48614/4) in Mp3tag.

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