diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index f64665d9..541f0ea3 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jars/AppleJavaExtensions.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ivy/jar/controlsfx.jar" sourcepath="lib/ivy/source/controlsfx.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ivy/jar/lanterna.jar" sourcepath="lib/ivy/source/lanterna.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ivy/jar/metadata-extractor.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ivy/jar/metadata-extractor.jar" sourcepath="lib/ivy/source/metadata-extractor.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ivy/jar/xmpcore.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java b/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
index 11484fa0..1f31f57e 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import static net.filebot.media.MediaDetection.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.RegularExpressions.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ public class ExpressionFormatMethods {
 				return creationDate;
 			}
 			return attr.lastModifiedTime().toMillis();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
index fea5a108..0bb9129b 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
@@ -125,10 +125,8 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 			return getEpisode().getSeriesInfo().getStartDate().getYear();
 		if (infoObject instanceof Movie)
 			return getMovie().getYear();
-		if (infoObject instanceof AudioTrack)
-			return getMusic().getAlbumReleaseDate().getYear();
 
-		return null;
+		return getReleaseDate().getYear();
 	}
 
 	@Define("ny")
@@ -204,8 +202,21 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 			return getMovieInfo().getReleased();
 		if (infoObject instanceof AudioTrack)
 			return getMusic().getAlbumReleaseDate();
-		if (infoObject instanceof File)
-			return new SimpleDate(getCreationDate(((File) infoObject)));
+
+		// try EXIF Date-Taken for image files or File Last-Modified for generic files
+		if (infoObject instanceof File) {
+			File f = (File) infoObject;
+
+			ZonedDateTime d = ImageMetadata.getDateTaken(f);
+			if (d != null) {
+				return new SimpleDate(d);
+			}
+
+			long t = getCreationDate(f);
+			if (t > 0) {
+				return new SimpleDate(t);
+			}
+		}
 
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/mediainfo/ImageMetadata.java b/source/net/filebot/mediainfo/ImageMetadata.java
index 494857ff..c973615d 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/mediainfo/ImageMetadata.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/mediainfo/ImageMetadata.java
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 import static net.filebot.similarity.Normalization.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
 import com.drew.imaging.ImageMetadataReader;
@@ -12,6 +16,10 @@ import com.drew.imaging.ImageProcessingException;
 import com.drew.metadata.Directory;
 import com.drew.metadata.Metadata;
 import com.drew.metadata.Tag;
+import com.drew.metadata.exif.ExifIFD0Directory;
+import com.drew.metadata.exif.ExifSubIFDDirectory;
+
+import net.filebot.util.FileUtilities.ExtensionFileFilter;
 
 public class ImageMetadata extends LinkedHashMap<String, String> {
 
@@ -34,4 +42,24 @@ public class ImageMetadata extends LinkedHashMap<String, String> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public static ZonedDateTime getDateTaken(File file) {
+		if (SUPPORTED_FILE_TYPES.accept(file)) {
+			try {
+				Metadata metadata = ImageMetadataReader.readMetadata(file);
+				ExifIFD0Directory directory = metadata.getFirstDirectoryOfType(ExifIFD0Directory.class);
+				Date date = directory.getDate(ExifSubIFDDirectory.TAG_DATETIME);
+
+				if (date != null) {
+					return date.toInstant().atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+				}
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				debug.warning(e::toString);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public static final FileFilter SUPPORTED_FILE_TYPES = new ExtensionFileFilter("jpg", "jpeg", "png", "webp", "gif", "ico", "bmp", "tiff", "psd", "pcx", "raw", "crw", "cr2", "nef", "orf", "raf", "rw2", "rwl", "srw", "arw", "dng", "x3f", "mov", "mp4", "m4v", "3g2", "3gp", "3gp");
+
 }