# how to change YEAR column from numeric to letters

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-year-column-from-numeric-to-letters/14091
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 7, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-year-column-from-numeric-to-letters/14091 "2012-11-07T20:04:05Z")
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### Author: ![toovia](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@toovia](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/toovia)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-year-column-from-numeric-to-letters/14091/1 "2012-11-07T20:04:05Z")

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I want to change the YEAR field from numeric to characters  
How ?

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### Author: ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-year-column-from-numeric-to-letters/14091/2 "2012-11-08T01:44:11Z")

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So if YEAR is 1987, what would you want it to to read?

I'd think very carefully about doing this. Most software will expect a numeric date, and the majority of that software will only read a four digit year. Anything else may be rejected and treated as blank.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-year-column-from-numeric-to-letters/14091/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:09Z")

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