# date & year tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312 "2009-11-11T14:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/clippertm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/1 "2009-11-11T14:06:53Z")
Hello, I am tagging FLAC files with MP3TAG 2.44, using the TEXT FILE - TAG function. My format string is tab separated and as follow: > [@](#): > > %album% %artist% %composer% %conductor% %copyright% %date% %discnumber% %encodersettings% %genre% %language% %lyricist% %origartist% %origyear% %publisher% %title% %track% %wwwartist% %wwwcopyright% %wwwpublisher% %year% I have tripled checked that my text files are properly separated by tabs. The date information is this: 21/07/1987 and the year information is this: 1987. My problem is that: the date column displays nothing, and the year column displays the date (instead of the year)... Also, I cannot write anything in the date field directly from the interface (double clicking on the field). Do you know what is the problem? Many thanks, ---
**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:** [November 11, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/2 "2009-11-11T16:35:43Z")
In the flac tagging format the year is saved in the DATE tag. So Mp3tag reads and writes from DATE but it shows you YEAR. If you don't want that you can go to Options \> Tags \> Mapping and remove the DATE-YEAR mapping. (You will need at least Mp3tag v2.44 I think) ---
**Author:** ![clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/clippertm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/3 "2009-11-12T05:03:29Z")
Hi Dano, I don't have this option. I am using 2.44. What can I do? Many thanks, ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a8e4a00cad6522a3d44a66d107d51f7b65be01e2.JPG) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/4 "2009-11-12T06:13:12Z")
Get this version [http://developer.mp3tag.de/](http://developer.mp3tag.de/) ---
**Author:** ![clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@clippertm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/clippertm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/5 "2009-11-12T06:55:49Z")
Thanks Dano. Is there no way of getting a **_portable_** development build? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/6 "2009-11-12T07:26:54Z")
No, it's not allowed to distribute Mp3tag without the installer. But you can extract the installer with 7z and copy .exe and other files to your portable directory. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/7 "2023-09-28T13:52:12Z")
> [@clippertm](#): > > Is there no way of getting a _ **portable** _ development build? During the setup, you can choose what kind of installation do you want - also for Beta-Versions aka "Development builds": ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4e2f1adaa3be48ec305726de3ce5b463dfef2d4f.png) See also here: > **[Mp3tag - Download Portable](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/portable.html)** > > Download Mp3tag Portable, a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/date-year-tags/9312/8 "2023-09-28T13:52:26Z")