# Date tag from DD.MM.YYYY to YYYY.MM.DD

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-tag-from-dd-mm-yyyy-to-yyyy-mm-dd/51857>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-tag-from-dd-mm-yyyy-to-yyyy-mm-dd/51857 "2021-02-04T15:17:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-tag-from-dd-mm-yyyy-to-yyyy-mm-dd/51857/2 "2021-02-04T15:21:24Z")

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What about this?

> [@Find date in the file name and change format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-date-in-the-file-name-and-change-format/18839):
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> I have several thousand MP3 files of various radio shows in which the broadcast date is part of the filename. I would like include this date in the DATE field of the ID3v2.3 tag. The dates are all in in different positions of the filename - some are at the beginning, some in the end and others in the middle of the name. Is it possible to extrapolate those dates and copy them to the DATE field? Also, how can I accurately change the format from dd.mm.yyyy to yyyy mm dd? I found a previous top…

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