# Display multiple values in year field in column view?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 24, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576 "2022-09-24T21:07:29Z")
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### Author: ![ngs428](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ngs428](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ngs428)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576/1 "2022-09-24T21:07:29Z")

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I have some files which have a date such as this in the year field "2012 \ \ 2012-02-18" as shown in the tag panel on the LH side.

The column view on the RH side will only show "2012" for that value. It does not show both values.

I would like to trim off the "2012 \ \ ", but I haven’t found an easy way to ID which files have it. The column view is only showing the year.

Thoughts? Thanks!

Edit: Syntax is: $meta\_sep(year, \ \ )

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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 25, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576/2 "2022-09-25T06:46:03Z")

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> [@ngs428](#):
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> an easy way to ID which files have it

You can filter for such files with  
"$meta(year,1)" PRESENT

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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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:55Z")

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