diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/functions/DirectoryEntryListToResourceMetadataList.java b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/functions/DirectoryEntryListToResourceMetadataList.java
index bd45b23ecd..42f5571049 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/functions/DirectoryEntryListToResourceMetadataList.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/functions/DirectoryEntryListToResourceMetadataList.java
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ public class DirectoryEntryListToResourceMetadataList implements
                      StorageType type = from.getType() == FileType.DIRECTORY ? StorageType.FOLDER : StorageType.BLOB;
                      if (type == StorageType.FOLDER)
                         return new StorageMetadataImpl(type, from.getObjectID(), from.getObjectName(), defaultLocation
-                                 .get(), null, null, null,ImmutableMap.<String,String>of());
+                                 .get(), null, null, null, null, ImmutableMap.<String,String>of());
                      else
                         return new BlobMetadataImpl(from.getObjectID(), from.getObjectName(), defaultLocation.get(),
-                                 null, null, null,ImmutableMap.<String,String>of(), null,
+                                 null, null, null, null, ImmutableMap.<String,String>of(), null,
                                  null, new BaseMutableContentMetadata());
                   }
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/functions/BucketToResourceMetadata.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/functions/BucketToResourceMetadata.java
index 0ae946fb81..24b996c0dc 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/functions/BucketToResourceMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/functions/BucketToResourceMetadata.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class BucketToResourceMetadata implements Function<BucketMetadata, Storag
       to.setName(from.getName());
       to.setType(StorageType.CONTAINER);
       to.setLocation(locationOfBucket.apply(from.getName()));
+      to.setCreationDate(from.getCreationDate());
       return to;
    }
 }
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/functions/ContainerToResourceList.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/functions/ContainerToResourceList.java
index d1acfe8486..84f0dc45f0 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/functions/ContainerToResourceList.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/functions/ContainerToResourceList.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public class ContainerToResourceList implements Function<PageSet<ObjectInfo>, Pa
                   public StorageMetadata apply(BlobMetadata input) {
                      if (input.getContentMetadata().getContentType().equals("application/directory")) {
                         return new StorageMetadataImpl(StorageType.RELATIVE_PATH, input.getProviderId(), input
-                                 .getName(), input.getLocation(), input.getUri(), input.getETag(), input
-                                 .getLastModified(), input.getUserMetadata());
+                                 .getName(), input.getLocation(), input.getUri(), input.getETag(),
+                                 input.getCreationDate(), input.getLastModified(), input.getUserMetadata());
                      }
                      return input;
                   }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableStorageMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableStorageMetadata.java
index 8224c165f0..c325486006 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableStorageMetadata.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableStorageMetadata.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.internal.MutableStorageMetadataImpl;
 import org.jclouds.domain.MutableResourceMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
 
@@ -39,10 +40,14 @@ public interface MutableStorageMetadata extends MutableResourceMetadata<StorageT
     */
    void setETag(String eTag);
 
+   /**
+    * @see #getCreationDate
+    */
+   void setCreationDate(@Nullable Date creationDate);
 
    /**
     * @see #getLastModified
     */
-   void setLastModified(Date lastModified);
+   void setLastModified(@Nullable Date lastModified);
 
 }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/StorageMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/StorageMetadata.java
index 6e294436cc..a658b3d497 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/StorageMetadata.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/StorageMetadata.java
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public interface StorageMetadata extends ResourceMetadata<StorageType> {
     */
    String getETag();
 
+   /**
+    * Creation date of the resource, possibly null.
+    */
+   Date getCreationDate();
+
    /**
     * Last modification time of the resource
     * 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
index c370762660..5b59f24d65 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ public class BlobMetadataImpl extends StorageMetadataImpl implements BlobMetadat
    private final ContentMetadata contentMetadata;
 
    public BlobMetadataImpl(String id, String name, @Nullable Location location, URI uri, String eTag,
-            Date lastModified, Map<String, String> userMetadata, @Nullable URI publicUri, @Nullable String container,
-            ContentMetadata contentMetadata) {
-      super(StorageType.BLOB, id, name, location, uri, eTag, lastModified, userMetadata);
+            @Nullable Date creationDate, @Nullable Date lastModified,
+            Map<String, String> userMetadata, @Nullable URI publicUri,
+            @Nullable String container, ContentMetadata contentMetadata) {
+      super(StorageType.BLOB, id, name, location, uri, eTag, creationDate, lastModified, userMetadata);
       this.publicUri = publicUri;
       this.container = container;
       this.contentMetadata = checkNotNull(contentMetadata, "contentMetadata");
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableStorageMetadataImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableStorageMetadataImpl.java
index 2f62a2d406..f5631d4840 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableStorageMetadataImpl.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableStorageMetadataImpl.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class MutableStorageMetadataImpl extends MutableResourceMetadataImpl<Stor
          MutableStorageMetadata {
 
    private String eTag;
+   private Date creationDate;
    private Date lastModified;
 
    public MutableStorageMetadataImpl() {
@@ -54,6 +55,16 @@ public class MutableStorageMetadataImpl extends MutableResourceMetadataImpl<Stor
       return eTag;
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public Date getCreationDate() {
+      return creationDate;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void setCreationDate(Date creationDate) {
+      this.creationDate = creationDate;
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/StorageMetadataImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/StorageMetadataImpl.java
index 7a33347876..b376fdb1e0 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/StorageMetadataImpl.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/StorageMetadataImpl.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageType;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
@@ -40,14 +42,18 @@ public class StorageMetadataImpl extends ResourceMetadataImpl<StorageType> imple
    @Nullable
    private final String eTag;
    @Nullable
+   private final Date creationDate;
+   @Nullable
    private final Date lastModified;
    private final StorageType type;
 
    public StorageMetadataImpl(StorageType type, @Nullable String id, @Nullable String name,
-         @Nullable Location location, @Nullable URI uri, @Nullable String eTag, @Nullable Date lastModified,
+         @Nullable Location location, @Nullable URI uri, @Nullable String eTag,
+         @Nullable Date creationDate, @Nullable Date lastModified,
          Map<String, String> userMetadata) {
       super(id, name, location, uri, userMetadata);
       this.eTag = eTag;
+      this.creationDate = creationDate;
       this.lastModified = lastModified;
       this.type = checkNotNull(type, "type");
    }
@@ -62,12 +68,8 @@ public class StorageMetadataImpl extends ResourceMetadataImpl<StorageType> imple
 
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
-      final int prime = 31;
-      int result = super.hashCode();
-      result = prime * result + ((eTag == null) ? 0 : eTag.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((lastModified == null) ? 0 : lastModified.hashCode());
-      result = prime * result + ((type == null) ? 0 : type.hashCode());
-      return result;
+      return Objects.hashCode(super.hashCode(), eTag, creationDate,
+            lastModified, type);
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -79,18 +81,10 @@ public class StorageMetadataImpl extends ResourceMetadataImpl<StorageType> imple
       if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
          return false;
       StorageMetadataImpl other = (StorageMetadataImpl) obj;
-      if (eTag == null) {
-         if (other.eTag != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!eTag.equals(other.eTag))
-         return false;
-      if (lastModified == null) {
-         if (other.lastModified != null)
-            return false;
-      } else if (!lastModified.equals(other.lastModified))
-         return false;
-      if (type != other.type)
-         return false;
+      if (!Objects.equal(eTag, other.eTag)) { return false; }
+      if (!Objects.equal(creationDate, other.creationDate)) { return false; }
+      if (!Objects.equal(lastModified, other.lastModified)) { return false; }
+      if (!Objects.equal(type, other.type)) { return false; }
       return true;
    }
 
@@ -102,6 +96,11 @@ public class StorageMetadataImpl extends ResourceMetadataImpl<StorageType> imple
       return eTag;
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public Date getCreationDate() {
+      return creationDate;
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java
index af1a1f3796..988b1441ba 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata implements Function<
             name = name.substring(0, name.length() - suffix.length());
       }
       return new StorageMetadataImpl(StorageType.RELATIVE_PATH, md.getProviderId(), name, md.getLocation(),
-            md.getUri(), md.getETag(), md.getLastModified(), md.getUserMetadata());
+            md.getUri(), md.getETag(), md.getCreationDate(), md.getLastModified(), md.getUserMetadata());
    }
 
 }