# Copy value from YEAR tag to DATE tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-value-from-year-tag-to-date-tag/62235
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-value-from-year-tag-to-date-tag/62235 "2023-09-28T13:34:00Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-value-from-year-tag-to-date-tag/62235/2 "2023-09-28T13:41:38Z")

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> [@matan2001](#):
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> so I wanted to know how could I go about copying the values in the YEAR tag to the DATE tag in all of my music collection.

Select all files and proceed as described in the FAQs:

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)

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