Index: trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java
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--- trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java	(revision 8243)
+++ trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java	(revision 10862)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 Drew Noakes
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 Drew Noakes
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 import com.drew.lang.SequentialReader;
 import com.drew.lang.annotations.NotNull;
+import com.drew.lang.annotations.Nullable;
 import com.drew.metadata.Directory;
 import com.drew.metadata.Metadata;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@
     public Iterable<JpegSegmentType> getSegmentTypes()
     {
-        return Arrays.asList(JpegSegmentType.APPD);
+        return Collections.singletonList(JpegSegmentType.APPD);
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@
     public void extract(@NotNull final SequentialReader reader, @NotNull final Metadata metadata, long length)
     {
+        extract(reader, metadata, length, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs the IPTC data extraction, adding found values to the specified instance of {@link Metadata}.
+     */
+    public void extract(@NotNull final SequentialReader reader, @NotNull final Metadata metadata, long length, @Nullable Directory parentDirectory)
+    {
         IptcDirectory directory = new IptcDirectory();
         metadata.addDirectory(directory);
+
+        if (parentDirectory != null)
+            directory.setParent(parentDirectory);
 
         int offset = 0;
@@ -105,5 +116,5 @@
 
             // we need at least five bytes left to read a tag
-            if (offset + 5 >= length) {
+            if (offset + 5 > length) {
                 directory.addError("Too few bytes remain for a valid IPTC tag");
                 return;
@@ -184,25 +195,4 @@
                 reader.skip(tagByteCount - 1);
                 return;
-            case IptcDirectory.TAG_RELEASE_DATE:
-            case IptcDirectory.TAG_DATE_CREATED:
-                // Date object
-                if (tagByteCount >= 8) {
-                    string = reader.getString(tagByteCount);
-                    try {
-                        int year = Integer.parseInt(string.substring(0, 4));
-                        int month = Integer.parseInt(string.substring(4, 6)) - 1;
-                        int day = Integer.parseInt(string.substring(6, 8));
-                        Date date = new java.util.GregorianCalendar(year, month, day).getTime();
-                        directory.setDate(tagIdentifier, date);
-                        return;
-                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                        // fall through and we'll process the 'string' value below
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    reader.skip(tagByteCount);
-                }
-            case IptcDirectory.TAG_RELEASE_TIME:
-            case IptcDirectory.TAG_TIME_CREATED:
-                // time...
             default:
                 // fall through
@@ -227,4 +217,5 @@
             String[] newStrings;
             if (oldStrings == null) {
+                // TODO hitting this block means any prior value(s) are discarded
                 newStrings = new String[1];
             } else {