diff --git a/CRM/Core/BAO/Note.php b/CRM/Core/BAO/Note.php
index c93215d23520..b6e7923fa091 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/BAO/Note.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/BAO/Note.php
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ private static function buildNoteTree($parentId, $maxDepth = 0, $snippet = FALSE
         $contact->fetch();
         $tree[$note->id]['createdBy'] = $contact->display_name;
         $tree[$note->id]['createdById'] = $createdById;
+        $tree[$note->id]['created_date'] = CRM_Utils_Date::customFormat($tree[$note->id]['created_date']);
         $tree[$note->id]['modified_date'] = CRM_Utils_Date::customFormat($tree[$note->id]['modified_date']);
 
         // paper icon view for attachments part
diff --git a/CRM/Core/DAO/Note.php b/CRM/Core/DAO/Note.php
index 4ce0f51f2179..91800a0ae758 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/DAO/Note.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/DAO/Note.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Generated from xml/schema/CRM/Core/Note.xml
  * DO NOT EDIT.  Generated by CRM_Core_CodeGen
- * (GenCodeChecksum:444f6d1cb984753995b61839733abfc8)
+ * (GenCodeChecksum:eb9cd21da28a1101c6ba13da161fac6c)
  */
 
 /**
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ class CRM_Core_DAO_Note extends CRM_Core_DAO {
    */
   public $contact_id;
 
+  /**
+   * When was the note created.
+   *
+   * @var datetime
+   */
+  public $created_date;
+
   /**
    * When was this note last modified/edited
    *
@@ -220,6 +227,22 @@ public static function &fields() {
           ],
           'add' => '1.1',
         ],
+        'created_date' => [
+          'name' => 'created_date',
+          'type' => CRM_Utils_Type::T_DATE + CRM_Utils_Type::T_TIME,
+          'title' => ts('Date Created'),
+          'description' => ts('When was the note created.'),
+          'where' => 'civicrm_note.created_date',
+          'table_name' => 'civicrm_note',
+          'entity' => 'Note',
+          'bao' => 'CRM_Core_BAO_Note',
+          'localizable' => 0,
+          'html' => [
+            'type' => 'Select Date',
+            'formatType' => 'activityDateTime',
+          ],
+          'add' => '5.37',
+        ],
         'modified_date' => [
           'name' => 'modified_date',
           'type' => CRM_Utils_Type::T_TIMESTAMP,
diff --git a/CRM/Note/Form/Note.php b/CRM/Note/Form/Note.php
index 574bb9ecebb3..8e21e29eac22 100644
--- a/CRM/Note/Form/Note.php
+++ b/CRM/Note/Form/Note.php
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public function buildQuickForm() {
     }
 
     $this->addField('subject');
+    $this->addField('created_date', [], FALSE, FALSE);
     $this->addField('note', [], TRUE);
     $this->addField('privacy');
     $this->add('hidden', 'parent_id');
diff --git a/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/php/FiveThirtySeven.php b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/php/FiveThirtySeven.php
index bad13a5b51dd..6d19b9717104 100644
--- a/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/php/FiveThirtySeven.php
+++ b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/php/FiveThirtySeven.php
@@ -52,21 +52,15 @@ public function setPostUpgradeMessage(&$postUpgradeMessage, $rev) {
    * (change the x in the function name):
    */
 
-  //  /**
-  //   * Upgrade function.
-  //   *
-  //   * @param string $rev
-  //   */
-  //  public function upgrade_5_0_x($rev) {
-  //    $this->addTask(ts('Upgrade DB to %1: SQL', [1 => $rev]), 'runSql', $rev);
-  //    $this->addTask('Do the foo change', 'taskFoo', ...);
-  //    // Additional tasks here...
-  //    // Note: do not use ts() in the addTask description because it adds unnecessary strings to transifex.
-  //    // The above is an exception because 'Upgrade DB to %1: SQL' is generic & reusable.
-  //  }
-
-  // public static function taskFoo(CRM_Queue_TaskContext $ctx, ...) {
-  //   return TRUE;
-  // }
+  /**
+   * Upgrade function.
+   *
+   * @param string $rev
+   */
+  public function upgrade_5_37_alpha1($rev) {
+    $this->addTask(ts('Upgrade DB to %1: SQL', [1 => $rev]), 'runSql', $rev);
+    $this->addTask('core-issue#2243 - Add created_date to civicrm_note', 'addColumn',
+     'civicrm_note', 'created_date', "datetime DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'When was the note created.'");
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Contact/Page/View/Note.tpl b/templates/CRM/Contact/Page/View/Note.tpl
index 8cdf82cfd7a0..77fa07294fc4 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Contact/Page/View/Note.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Contact/Page/View/Note.tpl
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         <div class="crm-block crm-content-block crm-note-view-block">
           <table class="crm-info-panel">
             <tr><td class="label">{ts}Subject{/ts}</td><td>{$note.subject}</td></tr>
-            <tr><td class="label">{ts}Date:{/ts}</td><td>{$note.modified_date|crmDate}</td></tr>
+            <tr><td class="label">{ts}Created Date:{/ts}</td><td>{$note.created_date|crmDate}</td></tr>
+            <tr><td class="label">{ts}Modified Date:{/ts}</td><td>{$note.modified_date|crmDate}</td></tr>
             <tr><td class="label">{ts}Privacy:{/ts}</td><td>{$note.privacy}</td></tr>
             <tr><td class="label">{ts}Note:{/ts}</td><td>{$note.note|nl2br}</td></tr>
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
                     <tr><th>{ts}Comment{/ts}</th><th>{ts}Created By{/ts}</th><th>{ts}Date{/ts}</th></tr>
                 </thead>
                 {foreach from=$comments item=comment}
-                    <tr class="{cycle values='odd-row,even-row'}"><td>{$comment.note}</td><td>{$comment.createdBy}</td><td>{$comment.modified_date}</td></tr>
+                  <tr class="{cycle values='odd-row,even-row'}"><td>{$comment.note}</td><td>{$comment.createdBy}</td><td>{$comment.created_date}</td><td>{$comment.modified_date}</td></tr>
                 {/foreach}
             </table>
         </fieldset>
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@
                     {$form.subject.html}
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <td class="label">{$form.created_date.label}</td>
+              <td>{$form.created_date.html}</td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td class="label">{$form.privacy.label}</td>
                 <td>
@@ -149,6 +154,8 @@
                         + '</td><td>'
                         + response['values'][i].subject
                         + '</td><td>'
+                        + response['values'][i].created_date
+                        + '</td><td>'
                         + response['values'][i].modified_date
                         + '</td><td>'
                         + '<a href="'+ urlTemplate + response['values'][i].createdById +'">'+ response['values'][i].createdBy +'</a>'
@@ -192,7 +199,8 @@
           <th data-orderable="false"></th>
           <th>{ts}Note{/ts}</th>
           <th>{ts}Subject{/ts}</th>
-          <th>{ts}Date{/ts}</th>
+          <th>{ts}Created Date{/ts}</th>
+          <th>{ts}Modified Date{/ts}</th>
           <th>{ts}Created By{/ts}</th>
           <th data-orderable="false">{ts}Attachment(s){/ts}</th>
           <th data-orderable="false"></th>
@@ -222,6 +230,7 @@
                 {/if}
             </td>
             <td class="crm-note-subject crmf-subject crm-editable">{$note.subject}</td>
+            <td class="crm-note-created_date" data-order="{$note.created_date}">{$note.created_date|crmDate}</td>
             <td class="crm-note-modified_date" data-order="{$note.modified_date}">{$note.modified_date|crmDate}</td>
             <td class="crm-note-createdBy">
                 <a href="{crmURL p='civicrm/contact/view' q="reset=1&cid=`$note.contact_id`"}">{$note.createdBy}</a>
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/NoteTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/NoteTest.php
index 8b2021df46fe..5b66f4cdf90d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/NoteTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/NoteTest.php
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ public function setUp() {
     $this->useTransaction(TRUE);
 
     $this->_contactID = $this->organizationCreate(NULL);
+    $this->_createdDate = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('-10 years'));
 
     $this->_params = [
       'entity_table' => 'civicrm_contact',
       'entity_id' => $this->_contactID,
       'note' => 'Hello!!! m testing Note',
       'contact_id' => $this->_contactID,
+      'created_date' => $this->_createdDate,
       'modified_date' => '2011-01-31',
       'subject' => 'Test Note',
     ];
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ public function testCreate($version) {
 
     $result = $this->callAPIAndDocument('note', 'create', $this->_params, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__);
     $this->assertEquals($result['values'][$result['id']]['note'], 'Hello!!! m testing Note');
+    $this->assertEquals(date('Y-m-d', strtotime($this->_createdDate)), date('Y-m-d', strtotime($result['values'][$result['id']]['created_date'])));
     $this->assertEquals(date('Y-m-d', strtotime($this->_params['modified_date'])), date('Y-m-d', strtotime($result['values'][$result['id']]['modified_date'])));
 
     $this->assertArrayHasKey('id', $result);
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ public function testCreateWithApostropheInString($version) {
       'entity_id' => $this->_contactID,
       'note' => "Hello!!! ' testing Note",
       'contact_id' => $this->_contactID,
+      'created_date' => $this->_createdDate,
       'modified_date' => '2011-01-31',
       'subject' => "With a '",
       'sequential' => 1,
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ public function testUpdate($version) {
       'contact_id' => $this->_contactID,
       'note' => 'Note1',
       'subject' => 'Hello World',
+      'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('-2 years')),
     ];
 
     // Update Note.
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ public function testUpdate($version) {
     $this->assertEquals($note['id'], $this->_noteID);
     $this->assertEquals($note['values'][$this->_noteID]['entity_id'], $this->_contactID);
     $this->assertEquals($note['values'][$this->_noteID]['entity_table'], 'civicrm_contact');
+    $this->assertEquals($note['values'][$this->_noteID]['created_date'], $params['created_date']);
     $this->assertEquals('Hello World', $note['values'][$this->_noteID]['subject']);
     $this->assertEquals('Note1', $note['values'][$this->_noteID]['note']);
   }
diff --git a/xml/schema/Core/Note.xml b/xml/schema/Core/Note.xml
index 4f594b78d45d..6e8bb437d598 100644
--- a/xml/schema/Core/Note.xml
+++ b/xml/schema/Core/Note.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@
     <add>1.1</add>
     <onDelete>SET NULL</onDelete>
   </foreignKey>
+  <field>
+    <name>created_date</name>
+    <title>Date Created</title>
+    <type>datetime</type>
+    <add>5.37</add>
+    <comment>When was the note created.</comment>
+    <html>
+     <type>Select Date</type>
+     <formatType>activityDateTime</formatType>
+   </html>
+  </field>
   <field>
     <name>modified_date</name>
     <title>Note Modified By</title>