From 5d71df36bd613622f0f04316400e6d836cf2c8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan <stephane@umbraco.dk>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 09:28:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Entity to respect dates if forced

---
 src/Umbraco.Core/Models/EntityBase/Entity.cs | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/EntityBase/Entity.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/EntityBase/Entity.cs
index 637255a1c8..d605759ed1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/EntityBase/Entity.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/EntityBase/Entity.cs
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase
         /// </summary>
         internal virtual void AddingEntity()
         {
-            CreateDate = DateTime.Now;
-            UpdateDate = DateTime.Now;
+            if (IsPropertyDirty("CreateDate") == false || _createDate == default(DateTime))
+                CreateDate = DateTime.Now;
+            if (IsPropertyDirty("UpdateDate") == false || _updateDate == default(DateTime))
+                UpdateDate = CreateDate;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase
         /// </summary>
         internal virtual void UpdatingEntity()
         {
-            UpdateDate = DateTime.Now;
+            if (IsPropertyDirty("UpdateDate") == false || _updateDate == default(DateTime))
+                UpdateDate = DateTime.Now;
         }
 
         /// <summary>