diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
index d5965311f8..3e1538e797 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ void EntityItemProperties::setBillboardModeFromString(const QString& materialMap
     }
 }
 
+QString EntityItemProperties::getCreatedAsString() const {
+    auto created = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(getCreated() / 1000.0f, Qt::UTC); // usec per msec
+    created.setTimeSpec(Qt::OffsetFromUTC);
+    return created.toString(Qt::ISODate);
+}
+
 EntityPropertyFlags EntityItemProperties::getChangedProperties() const {
     EntityPropertyFlags changedProperties;
 
@@ -1391,13 +1397,7 @@ QScriptValue EntityItemProperties::copyToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, bool
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE(PROP_DIMENSIONS, dimensions);
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE(PROP_ROTATION, rotation);
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE(PROP_REGISTRATION_POINT, registrationPoint);
-    {
-        COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER(PROP_CREATED, created, [this]() {
-            auto created = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(getCreated() / 1000.0f, Qt::UTC); // usec per msec
-            created.setTimeSpec(Qt::OffsetFromUTC);
-            return created.toString(Qt::ISODate);
-        }());
-    }
+    COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER(PROP_CREATED, created, getCreatedAsString());
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE(PROP_LAST_EDITED_BY, lastEditedBy);
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER(PROP_ENTITY_HOST_TYPE, entityHostType, getEntityHostTypeAsString());
     COPY_PROPERTY_TO_QSCRIPTVALUE(PROP_OWNING_AVATAR_ID, owningAvatarID);
@@ -1775,10 +1775,7 @@ void EntityItemProperties::copyFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& object, bool
     COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE(rotation, quat, setRotation);
     COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE(registrationPoint, vec3, setRegistrationPoint);
     if (!honorReadOnly) {
-        COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER(created, QDateTime, setCreated, [this]() {
-            auto result = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(_created / 1000, Qt::UTC); // usec per msec
-            return result;
-        });
+        COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE_GETTER(created, QString, setCreatedFromString, getCreatedAsString);
         COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE(lastEditedBy, QUuid, setLastEditedBy);
         COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE_ENUM(entityHostType, EntityHostType);
         COPY_PROPERTY_FROM_QSCRIPTVALUE(owningAvatarID, QUuid, setOwningAvatarID);
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
index 05f5cd4b10..14742a924c 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ public:
 
     void setLocationDirty() { _positionChanged = true; _rotationChanged = true; }
 
-    void setCreated(QDateTime& v) { _created = v.toMSecsSinceEpoch() * 1000; }
+    void setCreatedFromString(QString& v) { _created = QDateTime::fromString(v, Qt::ISODate).toMSecsSinceEpoch() * 1000; }
+    QString getCreatedAsString() const;
 
     bool hasTransformOrVelocityChanges() const;
     void clearTransformOrVelocityChanges();