diff --git a/src/com/android/gallery3d/data/LocalImage.java b/src/com/android/gallery3d/data/LocalImage.java
index 9ae42f752ef9b1e0f34655e3aa830d94dd7e97f8..1b5c88b26c3bd5161471a46732fb892abb5f4386 100755
--- a/src/com/android/gallery3d/data/LocalImage.java
+++ b/src/com/android/gallery3d/data/LocalImage.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import com.android.gallery3d.util.UpdateHelper;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.Exception;
 
 // LocalImage represents an image in the local storage.
 public class LocalImage extends LocalMediaItem {
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ public class LocalImage extends LocalMediaItem {
         fileSize = cursor.getLong(INDEX_SIZE);
         width = cursor.getInt(INDEX_WIDTH);
         height = cursor.getInt(INDEX_HEIGHT);
-        dateTakenInMs = extractDateTaken(dateTakenInMs);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ public class LocalImage extends LocalMediaItem {
         latitude = uh.update(latitude, cursor.getDouble(INDEX_LATITUDE));
         longitude = uh.update(longitude, cursor.getDouble(INDEX_LONGITUDE));
         dateTakenInMs = uh.update(
-                dateTakenInMs, extractDateTaken(cursor.getLong(INDEX_DATE_TAKEN)));
+                dateTakenInMs, cursor.getLong(INDEX_DATE_TAKEN));
         dateAddedInSec = uh.update(
                 dateAddedInSec, cursor.getLong(INDEX_DATE_ADDED));
         dateModifiedInSec = uh.update(
@@ -179,18 +177,6 @@ public class LocalImage extends LocalMediaItem {
                 type, filePath, mimeType);
     }
 
-    private long extractDateTaken(long dateTaken) {
-        if (dateTaken == 0) {
-            MediaDetails details = super.getDetails();
-            MediaDetails.extractExifInfo(details, filePath);
-            try {
-                return ExifInterface.DATETIME_FORMAT.parse(
-                        details.getDetail(MediaDetails.INDEX_DATETIME_ORIGINAL).toString()).getTime();
-            } catch (Exception e) {}
-        }
-        return dateTaken;
-    }
-
     public static class LocalImageRequest extends ImageCacheRequest {
         private String mLocalFilePath;