diff --git OpenMPT/soundlib/Load_mod.cpp OpenMPT/soundlib/Load_mod.cpp
index 26e12a2..757a3c5 100644
--- OpenMPT/soundlib/Load_mod.cpp
+++ OpenMPT/soundlib/Load_mod.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,50 @@ struct PACKED PT36IffChunk
 
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(PT36IffChunk) == 8);
 
+struct PACKED PT36InfoChunk
+{
+	char name[32];
+	uint16 numSamples;  // unused
+	uint16 numOrders;   // unused
+	uint16 numPatterns; // unused
+	uint16 volume;
+	uint16 tempo;
+	uint16 flags; // unused
+	uint16 dateDay;
+	uint16 dateMonth;
+	uint16 dateYear;
+	uint16 dateHour;
+	uint16 dateMinute;
+	uint16 dateSecond;
+	uint16 playtimeHour;    // unused
+	uint16 playtimeMinute;  // unused
+	uint16 playtimeSecond;  // unused
+	uint16 playtimeMsecond; // unused
+
+	// Convert all multi-byte numeric values to current platform's endianness or vice versa.
+	void ConvertEndianness()
+	{
+		SwapBytesBE(numSamples);
+		SwapBytesBE(numOrders);
+		SwapBytesBE(numPatterns);
+		SwapBytesBE(volume);
+		SwapBytesBE(tempo);
+		SwapBytesBE(flags);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateDay);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateMonth);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateYear);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateHour);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateMinute);
+		SwapBytesBE(dateSecond);
+		SwapBytesBE(playtimeHour);
+		SwapBytesBE(playtimeMinute);
+		SwapBytesBE(playtimeSecond);
+		SwapBytesBE(playtimeMsecond);
+	}
+};
+
+STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(PT36InfoChunk) == 64);
+
 #ifdef NEEDS_PRAGMA_PACK
 #pragma pack(pop)
 #endif
@@ -1441,9 +1485,10 @@ bool CSoundFile::ReadPT36(FileReader &file, ModLoadingFlags loadFlags)
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-	bool ok = false;
+	bool ok = false, infoOk = false;
 	std::string title, message;
 	std::string version = "3.6";
+	PT36InfoChunk info;
 
 	// Go through IFF chunks...
 	PT36IffChunk iffHead;
@@ -1480,7 +1525,7 @@ bool CSoundFile::ReadPT36(FileReader &file, ModLoadingFlags loadFlags)
 			break;
 		
 		case PT36IffChunk::idINFO:
-			chunk.ReadString<mpt::String::maybeNullTerminated>(title, iffHead.chunksize);
+			infoOk = chunk.ReadConvertEndianness(info);
 			break;
 		
 		case PT36IffChunk::idCMNT:
@@ -1493,11 +1538,26 @@ bool CSoundFile::ReadPT36(FileReader &file, ModLoadingFlags loadFlags)
 		}
 	} while(file.CanRead(sizeof(PT36IffChunk)) && file.ReadConvertEndianness(iffHead));
 	
-	if(ok)
+	// both an info chunk and a module are required
+	if(ok && infoOk)
 	{
+		m_nSamplePreAmp = MIN(64, info.volume);
+		m_nDefaultTempo.Set(info.tempo);
+	
+		mpt::String::Read<mpt::String::maybeNullTerminated>(title, info.name);
 		if(!title.empty())
 			m_songName = title;
 	
+		FileHistory mptHistory;
+		MemsetZero(mptHistory.loadDate);
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_year = info.dateYear;
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_mon = Clamp(info.dateMonth, 1, 12) - 1;
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_mday = Clamp(info.dateDay, 1, 31);
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_hour = Clamp(info.dateHour, 0, 23);
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_min = Clamp(info.dateMinute, 0, 59);
+		mptHistory.loadDate.tm_sec = Clamp(info.dateSecond, 0, 59);
+		m_FileHistory.push_back(mptHistory);
+	
 		// "message" chunk seems to only be used to store the artist name, despite being pretty long
 		if(message != "UNNAMED AUTHOR")
 			m_songArtist = mpt::ToUnicode(mpt::CharsetISO8859_1, message);