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[Matthew1968]

Morning all,

I'm using MC 26 to fetch all my favourite podcasts. I take advantage of the ability to set the Tag Properties for feeds (Select a subscribed podcast -> Edit This Feed button -> Set Tag Properties). There you can control how you want the various tags set; I guess most people simply leave them on DEFAULT.

However, I want to set some of them so that I end up with a tidy collection of .mp3 files. So, for example, I set:

• Name field to: "From Our Own Correspondent"
• Filename field to: =Replace([Name],:,) FormatDate([Date,0],yyyy-MM-dd)

What I'm hoping for is a podcast called

• From Our Own Correspondent

and a file on disk called

• From Our Own Correspondent 2020-05-11.mp3

The Problem

However, the filename I get is:

• From Our Own Correspondent 1900-01-08.mp3

It's so nearly working, but not quite. I have to go through all the podcast downloads and use the Library Tools / Rename, Move and Copy dialogue box, using the same formula (which works fine).

It's like the date field isn't yet available at the time the expression is evaluated. Anyone any clues as to how to fix this? Or have I actually gone and found an edge case / bug? I've been using MC for many years and versions, and they've all behaved as I've described.

Many thanks,

[Matt]

I just tried the latest MC26 and I got this for a filename:
2020-05-05 Research on whales, cosmos among many studies derailed by pandemic

That seems pretty good, so I'm not sure what might be happening to you.

[RoderickGI]

Your expression works just fine for me, exactly as it is.

I would look at your [Date] field. It looks like it may be wrong. The date you got corresponds to a value of "9".