# Replace a dot with a dash in date portion of album tag

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 15, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543 "2013-03-15T14:31:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dharmashawn](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@dharmashawn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dharmashawn)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543/1 "2013-03-15T14:31:35Z")

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I have searched around, but came up short. I know something needs to be done with the . (dot) to keep it from recognizing all characters, but the brackets, slashes and quotes are not giving me the result.

I have a large collection of live recordings and realized it is a little tough to look at with the current tag:

2011.23.09, The Orpheum, Boston, MA

looking for:

2011-23-09, The Orpheum, Boston, MA

Thanks Much and  
Be Well

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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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543/2 "2013-03-15T15:49:54Z")

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> [@dharmashawn](#):
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> ...  
> 2011.23.09, The Orpheum, Boston, MA
> 
> looking for:
> 
> 2011-23-09, The Orpheum, Boston, MA
> 
> Thanks Much and  
> Be Well

Create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression".  
Enter as Search string:  
^(\d\d\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d),(.\*)  
Enter as Replace string:  
$1-$2-$3,$4  
Works if you have the date at the beginning of the string and a comma behind it.

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**Author:** ![dharmashawn](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@dharmashawn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dharmashawn)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543/3 "2013-03-17T20:58:16Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression".  
> Enter as Search string:  
> ^(\d\d\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d),(.\*)  
> Enter as Replace string:  
> $1-$2-$3,$4  
> Works if you have the date at the beginning of the string and a comma behind it.

Worked as described!!! Thanks so very Much

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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/replace-a-dot-with-a-dash-in-date-portion-of-album-tag/14543/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:23Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC