# \[X\] Wrong YEAR
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412 "2008-11-02T17:56:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@PhenX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhenX)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/1 "2008-11-02T17:56:17Z")
I often use the "remove tags / undo action" to clean files of unwanted tags (lyrics, mp3v1 etc.). Works well, but the YEAR always gets messed up. For example, "2008" transmutes to "1606" or "2810".
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/2 "2008-11-07T13:50:44Z")
This sounds very weird. Can you provide step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce this issue?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/3 "2008-11-16T13:37:04Z")
Marked as "No Bug" since no further information has been provided.
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### Author:  [@PhenX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhenX)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/4 "2008-12-09T15:12:25Z")
Sorry, I forgot to check this site for a reply 
I don't know if you read this message here in the "No Bugs" category so I will repost this in the Bug Reports category if I don't get an answer in about a week.
--\> Can you provide step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce this issue? \<--
It is only happening for some MP3s, not always. If there are problematic files, then it's the following:
- Load directory in MP3Tag
- remove tag from all files
- undo action
- now there is a wrong year in the list view
- if you view the details of an mp3 now, there are TWO "YEAR" fields
- one has the correct value, the other one a totally unexpected, like 2641 or 1601.
Regards
phenx
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/5 "2008-12-12T19:59:24Z")
Can you somehow identify one file where this issue happens whenever you try it?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/6 "2008-12-12T20:51:39Z")
Please check your tags with "View \> Extended Tags..." before and after the Undo, also keep an eye on the ID3v2 version.
Maybe this is happening?
File with ID3v2.3 tags, YEAR and DATE field.
Tag settings are set to write ID3v2.4
Undo merges YEAR and DATE together because DATE is stored in YEAR in ID3v2.4
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### Author:  [@PhenX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhenX)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/7 "2008-12-13T12:27:00Z")
> [@dano](#):
>
> Maybe this is happening?
>
> File with ID3v2.3 tags, YEAR and DATE field.
> Tag settings are set to write ID3v2.4
> Undo merges YEAR and DATE together because DATE is stored in YEAR in ID3v2.4
That seems to be the case. Didn't know that they are merged together.
Just checked it with one of the problematic files, so
DATE 1305 and YEAR 2008
changes to:
YEAR 1305 and YEAR 2008
(duplicate value in the enhanced taginfos)
regards
phenx
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### Author:  [@rogerlio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogerlio)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/8 "2009-07-28T16:10:09Z")
I had this problem but was unable to use the undo to solve it so I created the action attached to repair the tags.
**You must update your tags to ID3v2.3 before running the action or it will have no effect.**
The action recreates the Date field, it then merges the two Year fields, and finally it removes the date info from the Year field.
Of course be sure to TEST the action before using it on all your files. It worked for me but no guarantees it will work for you.
Good Luck!
Roger
[Recreate\_Date\_field\_and\_Delete\_Second\_Year\_Field.mta](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5e38dc0a97c9f44904ed81a0582e3c5fc6b4087e.mta) (99 Bytes)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wrong-year/7412/9 "2018-12-28T14:34:39Z")
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