# Fix YEAR in format 2022\\\\2022 to 2022
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 10, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173 "2022-08-10T19:17:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Jim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jim)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/1 "2022-08-10T19:17:58Z")
Often the YEAR field is in the format `2022\\2022` and not just the numeric 2022.
Is there filter that I can use to find those with the `\\` in them?
The following filters do not work:
`year HAS "\\", %year% HAS "\\", %year% HAS \\`
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/2 "2022-08-10T19:21:45Z")
see e.g. here:
> [@Year Field Appears Twice in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-field-appears-twice-in-tag-panel/14086):
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> Kind of embarrassing, since I could swear I've asked this before, and can't remember the answer or find it in the forums. I'm browsing through the tags on some old tracks, and - for some reason - the "Year" in the Tag Panel is shown twice. For example: If Year = 1978 It shows in the Tag Panel as 1978\\1978 Can someone explain? Running Mp3tag v 2.49a under Windows XP.
Use an action of the type "Remove duplicate fields" for YEAR
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### Author:  [@Jim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jim)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/3 "2022-08-10T19:47:28Z")
JJ\_Johnson posted the answer in 2012.
This fix is
> [@Year Field Appears Twice in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-field-appears-twice-in-tag-panel/14086/4):
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> `"$len($meta(year))" GREATER 4`
Thanks all!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/4 "2022-08-11T06:48:08Z")
Or
`"$meta(year,1)" PRESENT`
Yet, the filter does not fix it.
The fix would be to apply the actions either to merge the duplicate fields or to remove the duplicates.
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### Author:  [@Jim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jim)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/5 "2022-08-10T19:44:55Z")
That did it! Thanks for the response
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-year-in-format-2022-2022-to-2022/58173/6 "2022-09-09T19:45:30Z")
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