The creation date field indicates when the DCP was created.

The Issue Date of the DCP is listed at //IssueDate[1]

<<CompositionPlaylist xmlns=”http://www.smpte-ra.org/schemas/429-7/2006/CPL”>>
  …
  <IssueDate>2010-05-10T00:00:00</IssueDate>
  …
</CompositionPlaylist>

  1. TThis is the closest equivalent in the CPL. According to SMPTE 429-7, this field is intended to contain “the time and date at which the Composition Playlist was issued”. ↩︎