# Is there a way to sync YEAR and RELEASETIME?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 13, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677 "2026-02-13T09:08:42Z")
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### Author: ![musifant](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@musifant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/musifant)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677/1 "2026-02-13T09:08:42Z")

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Hello,

I would like to ask if there is a way to auto sync the fields YEAR and RELEASETIME?

So if I enter a value for “YEAR”, it automatically adopts it for “RELEASETIME”?

Thanks in advance.

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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: [February 13, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677/2 "2026-02-13T09:10:30Z")

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No, there is no automatism  
But you can trigger an action that copies YEAR to RELEASETIME:

Action of the type "Format value" for RELEASETIME  
Format string: %year%

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677/3 "2026-02-13T09:28:33Z")

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And in addition to @ohrenkino's advice, you could add a custom column **ReleaseTime=YEAR?** in the [File List](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/file-list/) like that:

Value:  
`$if($eql(%RELEASETIME%,%YEAR%),✅,❌)`

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/8/7/875229e69603d4d774926935ec43ff62728de0b1.png)

If you sort by this column, you can immediately see where the content in RELEASETIME does not match the content in YEAR.

Of course, you can choose any character you like instead of the '❌', including "nothing".

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### Author: ![musifant](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@musifant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/musifant)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677/4 "2026-02-13T10:36:31Z")

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Thanks you both, both were very easy and helpful solutions, I implemented them both in my workflow!

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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 20, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-sync-year-and-releasetime/70677/5 "2026-02-20T10:36:52Z")

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