# Option to display full ISO 8601 release date (YYYY-MM-DD) instead of year only

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/option-to-display-full-iso-8601-release-date-yyyy-mm-dd-instead-of-year-only/15095>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
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**Created:** [September 16, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/option-to-display-full-iso-8601-release-date-yyyy-mm-dd-instead-of-year-only/15095 "2026-09-16T23:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlenPro56](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@AlenPro56](http://support.symfonium.app/u/AlenPro56)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/option-to-display-full-iso-8601-release-date-yyyy-mm-dd-instead-of-year-only/15095/1 "2026-09-16T23:14:26Z")

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### Feature description

Add an option to display full release dates formatted according to the ISO 8601 standard (e.g., YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM) across album views, track details, and custom text rows on the Now Playing screen, rather than truncating them to display only the 4-digit year (YYYY).

### Problem solved

Symfonium already parses full ISO 8601 date metadata behind the scenes to sort albums chronologically, but the UI compresses this information down to just the release year in most views. Users who meticulously tag exact release dates (including month and day) cannot see this detailed metadata in the interface without opening the track detail dialog.

### Brought benefits

Fully utilizes existing, high-precision metadata already tagged in local files or media server databases.

### Other application solutions

MusicBrainz Picard / Foobar2000: Native support for rendering full YYYY-MM-DD metadata.  
Plex / Navidrome / Subsonic: API layers pass exact release dates, which desktop clients display fully alongside the album title or metadata headers.

### Device type

Phone

### Additional description and context

Since the backend parser already reads the full date string for chronological sorting, expanding the UI display options (e.g., adding a toggle under Settings \> Interface or extending custom text row options) would make full date rendering available where supported by file metadata.

### I searched existing feature requests

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**Author:** ![Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/celorien/32/9277_2.png) [@Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Celorien)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/option-to-display-full-iso-8601-release-date-yyyy-mm-dd-instead-of-year-only/15095/2 "2026-09-16T23:58:05Z")

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The app already supports displaying YYYY-MM-DD date format.

Which provider are you using? I know for Local Media, the provider settings have a toggle labeled “_Prefer Year tag_.” Make sure that is _ **disabled** _, since it will do as it says–prefer year over the date.

If you’re using custom strings, try using `%releasedate%` instead of `%year%` (the latter will, of course, display _just_ the year).

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It’s been a while since I tested this… ~~I think there _may_ have been some funny behavior if you tag the date in the `YEAR` tag vs the `DATE` tag or something.~~ I’ll check my own files and get back to you on that bit.

No issue with the tag reading. IIRC I had the YYYY in `YEAR` and the `YYYY-MM-DD` in `DATE` instead of `RELEASEDATE`. So that was user error on my part.

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**Author:** ![AlenPro56](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@AlenPro56](http://support.symfonium.app/u/AlenPro56)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 12:17am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/option-to-display-full-iso-8601-release-date-yyyy-mm-dd-instead-of-year-only/15095/3 "2026-09-17T00:17:11Z")

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I’m such an idiot, i didn’t use %releasedate% string, i apologize.