I've just noticed why my uploaded files can't be sorted by date. It's because when iPhoto exports a cropped photo, it also strips the EXIF data except for the camera name. This means that the date stamp is gone. How do I stop iPhoto from damaging the EXIF data? I export the cropped files as the Original format, and the EXIF doesn't appear to be damaged while the files are still in iPhoto.
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iPhoto crop damages EXIF
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It appears that whatever iPhoto does when it crops a photo, the EXIF cannot be read by other software. If I do not crop in iPhoto, or if I do not use any other software to edit or resize the photos after cropping, the EXIF is not damaged. 
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the EXIF when iPhoto reads it, but rather when another application writes to the cropped file. iPhoto is doing something to the EXIF when it crops so that other applications can't write to the file without removing the EXIF information. The only EXIF information that isn't destroyed is the camera name.