0022271: Numeric fields that support String values can't be filtered

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0022271	MMW 5	Playlists (Auto) / Search / Filters	public	2026-08-12 20:49	2026-08-14 16:49

Reporter	peke	Assigned To
Priority	high	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Target Version	2027	Fixed in Version	2027

Summary	0022271: Numeric fields that support String values can't be filtered
Description	Some numeric fields that support String values can't be filtered. Like if Date is formatted "<month> <Year>" user can't use that in Auto playlists or search by date as Contains search criteria do not exist. eg. list all track where date contains "October; April; May; June" and date "1991;1992;1993"
Additional Information	https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109675
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Fixed in build	3517

michal 2026-08-14 12:21 developer ~0081839	The assignment is confusing and does not correspond to the current state. The issue should be only related to metadata date fields (Date, Orig. date) and it is not true, that they are string fields! It is saved in strict number format, only this format allows to use it as year, month.year, or day.month.year. Tagging formats mostly do not allow to save general strings to these fields, it makes sense, it would be mess (mix of formats and translations). For this user it means, he uses month.year and has system locale set to display it as "NameOfTheMonth Year". So the issue would be to enhance filters for such date fields, to allow advanced filtering based on the month number, year and day.

michal 2026-08-14 16:49 developer ~0081842	Fixed in build 3517. Filter now has also options for handling months, days and years separately. So mentioned example can be implemented by choosing "Month is ..." and "Year is ... " with support for multiple values.