diff --git a/FSStorage.py b/FSStorage.py
index 6469522..8dc9469 100644
--- a/FSStorage.py
+++ b/FSStorage.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ffmpeg_path = '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg'
 ffmpeg_path = '/a/home/jmg/src/ffmpeg.tmp/ffmpeg'
 ffmpeg_path = '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg-devel'
 
+import datetime
 import FileDIDL
 import errno
 import itertools
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ class FSItem(FSObject, Item):
 		mimetype = kwargs.pop('mimetype')
 		kwargs['content'] = DynamicTrans(self.FSpath,
 		    static.File(self.FSpath, mimetype))
+
+		kwargs['date'] = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(os.stat(self.FSpath).st_mtime).isoformat() + '+00:00'
+
 		Item.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 		self.url = '%s/%s' % (self.cd.urlbase, self.id)
 		self.mimetype = mimetype