# DATE not mapped to TDRC anymore?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275 "2011-07-15T14:20:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/chrizoo/32/233_2.png) [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275/1 "2011-07-15T14:20:05Z")

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> [2010-04-09] CHG: DATE is not automatically mapped to ID3v2.4 TDRC frame anymore.

what is the rationale for this?  
thank you.

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275/2 "2011-07-15T16:05:15Z")

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If you had ID3v2.3 tags with YEAR and DATE fields and converted it to v2.4 you'd get two DATE fields. That was a little confusing and not convenient.

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### Author: ![chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/chrizoo/32/233_2.png) [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275/3 "2011-07-16T10:05:34Z")

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thank you for the explanation

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-not-mapped-to-tdrc-anymore/12275/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:13Z")

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