diff --git a/packages/api/src/record/controller/update_record.test.ts b/packages/api/src/record/controller/update_record.test.ts
index bee73d0b..72bfd1ff 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/record/controller/update_record.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/record/controller/update_record.test.ts
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ describe("PATCH /records", () => {
 			.expect(200);
 
 		const result = await db.query(
-			"SELECT originalfilecreationtime FROM record WHERE recordId = :recordId",
+			"SELECT displaytime FROM record WHERE recordId = :recordId",
 			{
 				recordId: 10001,
 			},
 		);
 
-		expect(result.rows[0]).toEqual({ originalfilecreationtime: "2001-21~" });
+		expect(result.rows[0]).toEqual({ displaytime: "2001-21~" });
 	});
 
 	test("expect display time is updated when set to null", async () => {
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ describe("PATCH /records", () => {
 			.expect(200);
 
 		const result = await db.query(
-			"SELECT originalfilecreationtime FROM record WHERE recordId = :recordId",
+			"SELECT displaytime FROM record WHERE recordId = :recordId",
 			{
 				recordId: 10008,
 			},
 		);
 
-		expect(result.rows[0]).toEqual({ originalfilecreationtime: null });
+		expect(result.rows[0]).toEqual({ displaytime: null });
 	});
 
 	test("expect to log error and return 500 if database permissions query fails", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/record/fixtures/create_complete_test_record.sql b/packages/api/src/record/fixtures/create_complete_test_record.sql
index 689c3914..90c4b8f0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/record/fixtures/create_complete_test_record.sql
+++ b/packages/api/src/record/fixtures/create_complete_test_record.sql
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ record (
   updateddt,
   alttext,
   locnid,
-  originalfilecreationtime
+  displaytime
 )
 VALUES
 (
diff --git a/packages/api/src/record/queries/copy_record.sql b/packages/api/src/record/queries/copy_record.sql
index 330fa430..85640947 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/record/queries/copy_record.sql
+++ b/packages/api/src/record/queries/copy_record.sql
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ new_record AS (
     updateddt,
     uploadpayeraccountid,
     alttext,
-    originalfilecreationtime
+    displaytime
   )
   SELECT
     :destinationArchiveId AS archiveid,
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ new_record AS (
       (SELECT copier_account.accountid FROM copier_account)
     ) AS uploadpayeraccountid,
     alttext,
-    originalfilecreationtime
+    displaytime
   FROM
     record
   WHERE
diff --git a/packages/api/src/record/queries/get_records.sql b/packages/api/src/record/queries/get_records.sql
index 567ee6bc..e84a95eb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/record/queries/get_records.sql
+++ b/packages/api/src/record/queries/get_records.sql
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ SELECT DISTINCT ON (record.recordid)
   record.uploadpayeraccountid AS "uploadPayerAccountId",
   record.size,
   record.displaydt AS "displayDate",
-  record.originalfilecreationtime AS "displayTime",
+  record.displaytime AS "displayTime",
   record.derivedcreateddt AS "fileCreatedAt",
   record.imageratio AS "imageRatio",
   record.thumburl200 AS "thumbUrl200",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/record/queries/update_record.sql b/packages/api/src/record/queries/update_record.sql
index 7e57d4bd..cbbddccb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/record/queries/update_record.sql
+++ b/packages/api/src/record/queries/update_record.sql
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SET
     WHEN :setDescriptionToNull THEN NULL
     ELSE COALESCE(:description, description)
   END,
-  originalfilecreationtime = CASE
+  displaytime = CASE
     WHEN :setDisplayTimeToNull THEN NULL
-    ELSE COALESCE(:displayTime, originalfilecreationtime)
+    ELSE COALESCE(:displayTime, displaytime)
   END,
   updateddt = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 WHERE
diff --git a/packages/metadata_attacher/src/index.test.ts b/packages/metadata_attacher/src/index.test.ts
index fb33e76e..e097a59d 100644
--- a/packages/metadata_attacher/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/metadata_attacher/src/index.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 				displayName: string;
 				description: string | null;
 				derivedTimestamp: Date | null;
-				originalFileCreationTime: string | null;
+				displayTime: string | null;
 				tags: string[];
 				altText: string | null;
 		  }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 			displayName: string;
 			description: string | null;
 			derivedTimestamp: Date | null;
-			originalFileCreationTime: string | null;
+			displayTime: string | null;
 			tags: string[];
 			altText: string | null;
 		}>(
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 				record.displayname AS "displayName",
 				record.description,
 				record.deriveddt AS "derivedTimestamp",
-				record.originalfilecreationtime AS "originalFileCreationTime",
+				record.displaytime AS "displayTime",
 				array_remove(array_agg(tag.name), NULL) AS "tags",
 				alttext AS "altText"
 			FROM
@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(
 			new Date("2023-06-15T21:30:00.000Z"),
 		);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(
-			"2023-06-15T21:30:00Z",
-		);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual("2023-06-15T21:30:00Z");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.sort()).toEqual(
 			["nature", "landscape", "sunset"].sort(),
 		);
@@ -614,7 +612,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 			"This is a test image description",
 		);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(null);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(null);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.sort()).toEqual(
 			["nature", "landscape", "sunset"].sort(),
 		);
@@ -670,9 +668,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		const recordMetadata = await getRecordMetadata("1");
 		expect(recordMetadata).toBeDefined();
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(null);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(
-			"2023-06-15T21:30:00",
-		);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual("2023-06-15T21:30:00");
 	});
 
 	test("should extract a single IPTC keyword provided as a string", async () => {
@@ -831,9 +827,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(
 			new Date("2024-03-15T10:30:00.000Z"),
 		);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(
-			"2024-03-15T10:30:00Z",
-		);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual("2024-03-15T10:30:00Z");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.displayName).toEqual("test_file.jpg");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.description).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -893,9 +887,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(
 			new Date("2023-08-20T14:15:30.000Z"),
 		);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(
-			"2023-08-20T14:15:30Z",
-		);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual("2023-08-20T14:15:30Z");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.displayName).toEqual("test_file.jpg");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.description).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -955,9 +947,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(
 			new Date("2024-05-20T08:45:00.000Z"),
 		);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(
-			"2024-05-20T08:45:00Z",
-		);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual("2024-05-20T08:45:00Z");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.displayName).toEqual("test_file.jpg");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.description).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -1066,7 +1056,7 @@ describe("handler", () => {
 		const recordMetadata = await getRecordMetadata("1");
 		expect(recordMetadata).toBeDefined();
 		expect(recordMetadata?.derivedTimestamp).toEqual(null);
-		expect(recordMetadata?.originalFileCreationTime).toEqual(null);
+		expect(recordMetadata?.displayTime).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.displayName).toEqual("test_file.jpg");
 		expect(recordMetadata?.description).toEqual(null);
 		expect(recordMetadata?.tags.length).toEqual(0);
diff --git a/packages/metadata_attacher/src/queries/update_metadata.sql b/packages/metadata_attacher/src/queries/update_metadata.sql
index 75a883d8..416550aa 100644
--- a/packages/metadata_attacher/src/queries/update_metadata.sql
+++ b/packages/metadata_attacher/src/queries/update_metadata.sql
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ SET
 		END,
 	description = COALESCE(description, :descriptionFromEmbeddedMetadata),
 	deriveddt = COALESCE(deriveddt, :timestampFromEmbeddedMetadata),
-	originalfilecreationtime = COALESCE(originalfilecreationtime, :timeFromEmbeddedMetadata),
+	displaytime = COALESCE(displaytime, :timeFromEmbeddedMetadata),
 	alttext = COALESCE(alttext, :altTextFromEmbeddedMetadata)
 WHERE
 	record.recordid = (SELECT recordid FROM record_to_update);