# Getting the date and time out of my steam clips
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780 "2025-03-09T16:42:18Z")
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### Author:  [@Logos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Logos)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/1 "2025-03-09T16:42:18Z")
There was a previous topic on here about doing a very similar conversion but it would not work for me. Basically I just exported all my steam clips, and though the date/time it was originally taken is in the title, the actual metadata just gives todays date. the filenames are formatted like "clip\_39210\_20241210\_062416.mp4, the first set being I believe the steamID of the game, the second set being the date in yyyymmdd, then third set I believe is the time it was taken. There's definitely a way to put that into the metadata in actions but anything I try doesn't seem to work. How would I get this name format to convert into the date/time of the file?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/2 "2025-03-09T16:55:52Z")
> [@Logos](#):
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> but anything I try doesn't seem to work.
Please show us in a [screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2) what you already have tried.
We can see then what details exactly could be improved.
> [@Logos](#):
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> name format to convert into the date/time of the file?
Just to be sure:
You want to fill a field like DATE or RELEASETIME with the yyyymmdd part, right?
Or do you want to change the file date as you see it in the Windows File Explorer Properties?
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### Author:  [@Logos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Logos)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/3 "2025-03-09T17:13:54Z")
I'd like to change it as seen in file explorer properties, yes. This is what I tried thus far, modifying what I saw someone use in a previous topic
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/4 "2025-03-09T17:20:42Z")
> [@Logos](#):
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> "clip\_39210\_20241210\_062416.mp4,
A first attempt would be:
Field:
RELEASETIME
Format string:
`$regexp(%_filename%,.*_.*_(.*)_(.*),$1 - $2)`
Now you have to define how and what exactly you want to save into RELEASETIME.
With the above Format string you get (as you see in the preview):
`20241210 - 062416`
AFAIK the timestamp should follow this syntax:
`yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss`
(year, "-", month, "-", day, "T", hour (out of 24), ":", minutes, ":", seconds), but the precision may be reduced by removing as many time indicators as wanted. Hence valid timestamps are
`yyyy`
`yyyy-MM`
`yyyy-MM-dd`
`yyyy-MM-ddTHH`
`yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm`
and
`yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss`
If you want to fill the fulldate and time, it would be:
Format string:
`$regexp(%_filename%,.*_.*_(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})_(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}),$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6)`
to get
`2024-12-10T06:24:16`
out of
`clip_39210_20241210_062416`
You can adjust the `hh:mm:ss` content as you need, if `06` are not the hours or `24` not the minutes or `16` not the seconds.
BTW:
If you want the Format string in a shortest possible version, you could also use in this case:
`$regexp(%_filename%,.*(\d{4})(\d\d)(\d\d)_(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d),$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6)`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/5 "2025-03-09T17:21:14Z")
> [@Logos](#):
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> There's definitely a way to put that into the metadata in actions
This may be true for tag fields. It is not true for file properties that are handled by the OS. These are esp. the creation date, modification date and last access.
A regular expression with %dummy% will probably not work.
Here is a suggestion for the
Format string: `$regexp(%_filename%,clip_\d+_(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)_(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d),$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6)`
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-the-date-and-time-out-of-my-steam-clips/67780/6 "2025-05-08T06:44:11Z")
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