# Unwanted date in date tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 22, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771 "2023-04-22T15:32:46Z")
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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: [April 22, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/2 "2023-04-22T15:40:53Z")

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Which program asks you to enter the date with 2 forward slashes?

If you see a field in the tag panel with 2 backward slashes like `2023\\2023` then this means that you have a multi-value field which you can check with the extended tags dialogue Alt+T.  
MP3tag usually does not ask or force you to create multi-value fields.

see also here:

> [@Display multiple values in year field in column view?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576):
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> I have some files which have a date such as this in the year field "2012 \ \ 2012-02-18" as shown in the tag panel on the LH side. The column view on the RH side will only show "2012" for that value. It does not show both values. I would like to trim off the "2012 \ \ ", but I haven’t found an easy way to ID which files have it. The column view is only showing the year. Thoughts? Thanks! Edit: Syntax is: $meta\_sep(year, \ \ )

if you have a question about genres, please open a new topic.

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