@poddingue
Thanks for your input.
Yes I'm aware that basically everything on the VM is incorporated into the snapshot. Including settings and metadata. This is acctually why I was surprised that the creation date wasn't preserved as part of that metadata. And as you say, if one uses that metric to track VM history. Then it can, and will, throw you off.
I'll gladly submit this as a feature request. But my gut feeling is that it is more akin to a bug than missing feature per se.
Thanks!