diff --git a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
index 7bf4b880..22737755 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -575,8 +577,7 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 
 	@Define("runtime")
 	public Integer getRuntime() {
-		Object runtime = getMetaInfo().getProperty("runtime");
-		return runtime instanceof Integer ? (Integer) runtime : Integer.parseInt(runtime.toString());
+		return (Integer) getMetaInfo().getProperty("runtime");
 	}
 
 	@Define("actors")
@@ -900,16 +901,23 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 		return String.format("%.1f", getFileSize() / Math.pow(1000, 3));
 	}
 
+	@Define("encodedDate")
+	public SimpleDate getEncodedDate() {
+		String date = getMediaInfo(StreamKind.General, 0, "Encoded_Date"); // e.g. UTC 2008-01-08 19:54:39
+		ZonedDateTime time = ZonedDateTime.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("zzz uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
+		return new SimpleDate(time);
+	}
+
+	@Define("today")
+	public SimpleDate getToday() {
+		return new SimpleDate(LocalDate.now());
+	}
+
 	@Define("home")
 	public File getUserHome() {
 		return ApplicationFolder.UserHome.getCanonicalFile();
 	}
 
-	@Define("now")
-	public Date getNow() {
-		return new Date();
-	}
-
 	@Define("output")
 	public File getUserDefinedOutputFolder() throws IOException {
 		return new File(Settings.getApplicationArguments().output).getCanonicalFile();
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/SimpleDate.java b/source/net/filebot/web/SimpleDate.java
index a578af95..1b37bd23 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/SimpleDate.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/SimpleDate.java
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package net.filebot.web;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ public class SimpleDate implements Serializable, Comparable<Object> {
 		this.day = day;
 	}
 
-	public SimpleDate(LocalDate date) {
-		this(date.getYear(), date.getMonthValue(), date.getDayOfMonth());
+	public SimpleDate(Temporal date) {
+		this(date.get(ChronoField.YEAR), date.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR), date.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
 	}
 
 	public SimpleDate(long t) {
-		this(LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(t), ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalDate());
+		this(Instant.ofEpochMilli(t).atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()));
 	}
 
 	public int getYear() {