Index: trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcDescriptor.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcDescriptor.java	(revision 8132)
+++ trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcDescriptor.java	(revision 8243)
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@
             case IptcDirectory.TAG_KEYWORDS:
                 return getKeywordsDescription();
+            case IptcDirectory.TAG_TIME_CREATED:
+                return getTimeCreatedDescription();
+            case IptcDirectory.TAG_DIGITAL_TIME_CREATED:
+                return getDigitalTimeCreatedDescription();
             default:
                 return super.getDescription(tagType);
@@ -227,5 +231,21 @@
     public String getTimeCreatedDescription()
     {
-        return _directory.getString(IptcDirectory.TAG_TIME_CREATED);
+        String s = _directory.getString(IptcDirectory.TAG_TIME_CREATED);
+        if (s == null)
+            return null;
+        if (s.length() == 6 || s.length() == 11)
+            return s.substring(0, 2) + ':' + s.substring(2, 4) + ':' + s.substring(4);
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    @Nullable
+    public String getDigitalTimeCreatedDescription()
+    {
+        String s = _directory.getString(IptcDirectory.TAG_DIGITAL_TIME_CREATED);
+        if (s == null)
+            return null;
+        if (s.length() == 6 || s.length() == 11)
+            return s.substring(0, 2) + ':' + s.substring(2, 4) + ':' + s.substring(4);
+        return s;
     }
 
Index: trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java	(revision 8132)
+++ trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/iptc/IptcReader.java	(revision 8243)
@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@
     }
 
-    public boolean canProcess(@NotNull byte[] segmentBytes, @NotNull JpegSegmentType segmentType)
-    {
-        // Check whether the first byte resembles
-        return segmentBytes.length != 0 && segmentBytes[0] == 0x1c;
-    }
-
-    public void extract(@NotNull byte[] segmentBytes, @NotNull Metadata metadata, @NotNull JpegSegmentType segmentType)
-    {
-        extract(new SequentialByteArrayReader(segmentBytes), metadata, segmentBytes.length);
+    public void readJpegSegments(@NotNull Iterable<byte[]> segments, @NotNull Metadata metadata, @NotNull JpegSegmentType segmentType)
+    {
+        for (byte[] segmentBytes : segments) {
+            // Ensure data starts with the IPTC marker byte
+            if (segmentBytes.length != 0 && segmentBytes[0] == 0x1c) {
+                extract(new SequentialByteArrayReader(segmentBytes), metadata, segmentBytes.length);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
@@ -79,5 +78,6 @@
     public void extract(@NotNull final SequentialReader reader, @NotNull final Metadata metadata, long length)
     {
-        IptcDirectory directory = metadata.getOrCreateDirectory(IptcDirectory.class);
+        IptcDirectory directory = new IptcDirectory();
+        metadata.addDirectory(directory);
 
         int offset = 0;