# \[X\] Can't change year tag to YYYY-MM-DD

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-change-year-tag-to-yyyy-mm-dd/15019>\
**Category:** No Bugs\
**Created:** [September 7, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-change-year-tag-to-yyyy-mm-dd/15019 "2013-09-07T16:01:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-change-year-tag-to-yyyy-mm-dd/15019/3 "2013-09-07T17:31:01Z")

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When you use ID3v2.3 tags with a year like YYYY-MM-DD it is internally split into two fields TYER and TDAT  
Only ID3v2.4 allows YYYY-MM-DD in one field.

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