diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/adapters/MediaAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/adapters/MediaAdapter.kt
index 096cebbec..c8c9f1dfb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/adapters/MediaAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/adapters/MediaAdapter.kt
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ class MediaAdapter(activity: BaseSimpleActivity, var media: MutableList<Thumbnai
         Thread {
             try {
                 val operations = ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>()
+                val mediumDao = activity.galleryDB.MediumDao()
                 val paths = getSelectedPaths()
                 for (path in paths) {
                     val dateTime = ExifInterface(path).getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME) ?: continue
@@ -312,6 +313,8 @@ class MediaAdapter(activity: BaseSimpleActivity, var media: MutableList<Thumbnai
                         activity.contentResolver.applyBatch(MediaStore.AUTHORITY, operations)
                         operations.clear()
                     }
+
+                    mediumDao.updateFavoriteDateTaken(path, timestamp)
                 }
 
                 activity.contentResolver.applyBatch(MediaStore.AUTHORITY, operations)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/interfaces/MediumDao.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/interfaces/MediumDao.kt
index 7af0bd085..03090d6b5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/interfaces/MediumDao.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/interfaces/MediumDao.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ interface MediumDao {
     @Query("UPDATE media SET deleted_ts = :deletedTS WHERE full_path = :path COLLATE NOCASE")
     fun updateDeleted(path: String, deletedTS: Long)
 
+    @Query("UPDATE media SET date_taken = :dateTaken WHERE full_path = :path COLLATE NOCASE")
+    fun updateFavoriteDateTaken(path: String, dateTaken: Long)
+
     @Query("DELETE FROM media WHERE deleted_ts != 0")
     fun clearRecycleBin()