# Chanching Year
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 29, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682 "2013-04-29T15:37:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@han\_krol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/han_krol)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682/1 "2013-04-29T15:37:55Z")
Hi All,
My name is Han Krol and living in The Netherlands. I discoverd this programm some 3 weeks ago and it is very good. Before that i did all my tagging by hand.
But I need your help. My Mp.3 files are tagged on the normal way. Mostly simple singel Mp.3's . But my Mp.3 files are different. Now it is Year\_track no - Artist - Title. Say: 1970\_001 - Amsterdam - Lucy, Lucy .
But I need a 2 digit YEAR. Most off my Mp.3's got a 2 digit file names. Like I said, did mostly by hand before I discover this progr.
The above example must be this way:
**70\_001 - Amsterdam - Lucy, Lucy .**
How do I get this too work in Mp3Tag?
Reg. Han Krol, The Netherlands
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682/2 "2013-04-29T16:36:33Z")
If you really only want to modify the filename and have not yet filled the fields, then use
Convert\>Filename-Filename.
Enter as source
19%1
and as target pattern
%1
Much wiser would be to use the existing information and fill the tags and then use
Convert\>Tag-Filename
Enter as pattern:
$right(%year%)\_$num(%track%,2) - %artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@han\_krol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/han_krol)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682/3 "2013-04-29T17:46:12Z")
Thank You very much for Your answer.
I try the last string, but it doesn't work. I get:
**\_01 - Amsterdam - Lucy, Lucy**
And not 70\_01 . What is wrong?
Reg. Han
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682/4 "2013-04-29T17:53:04Z")
> [@han54](#):
>
> ..What is wrong?
>
> Reg. Han
Ups, sorry:
$right(%year%,2) would be correct
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### Author:  [@han\_krol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/han_krol)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chanching-year/14682/5 "2013-04-30T07:37:19Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Ups, sorry:
> $right(%year%,2) would be correct
Again, Thank You for Your great help. It works now. Both method's. It takes les time know.
reg. han krol, The Netherlands