diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper.rs b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper.rs
index cad74a4b6..de9e47df3 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper.rs
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ impl IndexMapper {
         options.map_size(clamp_to_page_size(self.index_size));
         options.max_readers(1024);
 
-        if date == None {
-            Ok(Index::new(options, path)?)
-        } else {
-            let (created, updated) = date.unwrap();
+        if let Some((created, updated)) = date {
             Ok(Index::new_with_creation_dates(options, path, created, updated)?)
+        } else {
+            Ok(Index::new(options, path)?)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
index a9068adb4..111f2960c 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
@@ -865,9 +865,12 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
     }
 
     /// Create a new index without any associated task.
-    pub fn create_raw_index(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Index> {
+    pub fn create_raw_index(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+        date: Option<(time::OffsetDateTime, time::OffsetDateTime)>,
+    ) -> Result<Index> {
         let wtxn = self.env.write_txn()?;
-        let date = Some((time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc(), time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc()));
         let index = self.index_mapper.create_index(wtxn, name, date)?;
 
         Ok(index)
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index b11f063d2..6d966aab1 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ fn import_dump(
         let mut index_reader = index_reader?;
         let metadata = index_reader.metadata();
         log::info!("Importing index `{}`.", metadata.uid);
-        let index = index_scheduler.create_raw_index(&metadata.uid)?;
+        //let date = Some((time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc(), time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc()));
+        let date = dump_reader.date();
+        let index = index_scheduler.create_raw_index(&metadata.uid, date)?;
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn()?;