Originally Posted by Jamie Gardner

The problem with using the production date as a basis for when a movie was made is that porn DVDs frequently have only one production date even though the scenes are often done on different days. I assume the DVDs are using the date when the movie was finished including editing etc.. Of course what the companies are doing is not the original intent of the 2257 law because you can't pin down when each individual scene was shot. In the past, I used to notice more multiple dates listed rather then just one date.