# How to autotag ORIGYEAR into YEAR field? If not exist \> oldest release date

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-autotag-origyear-into-year-field-if-not-exist-oldest-release-date/41003
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-autotag-origyear-into-year-field-if-not-exist-oldest-release-date/41003 "2018-03-09T11:20:17Z")
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### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-autotag-origyear-into-year-field-if-not-exist-oldest-release-date/41003/4 "2018-03-09T16:27:13Z")

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As for how to store multiple year information, you can read this topic:

> [@\[Discussion\] Best way to handle Year tag for movie scores/soundtracks?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discussion-best-way-to-handle-year-tag-for-movie-scores-soundtracks/40902/4):
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> I am a score buff and most of my music is what you can call a score music. And your question is something I was struggling for years, changing the rules governing my info storage system; and this is what I have settled on and believe it cannot be done better: YEAR: the year of first release of the album; not some re-release and not of the premier of the movie or of the recording session ALBUM: if this is some later re-release ["special edition" or "complete recording session" and such] then I…

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