[SOLVED] How can I make Picard NOT use the "full-date" but YEAR only...?

MusicBrainz Picard
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I’m assuming I have to do another “script”? Using 13 already ugh LOL.
I’ve looked, but not sure how I can do it.

I’m of course talking about the “Date Tag”, many songs now have a full date there instead of a year, and I want that tag to be kept clean with just a year only.

Help… Thanks.

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Have a look at the $left() function. Also, as of Picard 2.7 there is a new $year() function.

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Great, sounds good, thank you.

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On another note, if you always use a few of the same scripts, you can always combine them into a single script. :wink:

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That would definitely be good, can you give me an example of like 3 $unset scripts, for example, “$unset(compilation)” what a group of them combined might look like?

Would definitely help with all the settings I have to change/save in a text file for future reference.
Thanks

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Just put each commend on a new line in the combined script. For example one of my test scripts is:

$noop(  General Test Script  )
$set(rds_artists,$if2(%artists%,%artist%,%albumartist%))
$set(rds_artist,$rreplace($if2(%artists%,%artist%,%albumartist%),;.*\$,))
$set(album,%album% [file])
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I don’t have a scripting brain, but could you explain how I can get the $left() function and the new $year() function to work?

I put them in and I’m STILL getting “full dates” instead of the Year only?

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How are you trying to use them? Unless I’m misunderstanding, it should be something as simple as:

$set(date,$left(%date%,4))
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LOL, I’m a scripting idiot… I had no idea about all that “extra” stuff. $set, adding “date” the (( )) etc.
So I used

$set(date,$year(date,date_order=“ymd”))

per your information and it worked…

When I used $unset(compilation) and others, for example, I didn’t have to do any extra stuff to it, so I figured the above would work the same, hence my confusion. I was trying to use $year(date,date_order=“ymd”) for example and it wouldn’t work.

You gave me what I needed… Thank you. :slight_smile: :yum:

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