# Date-based naming - files with the same date

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/date-based-naming-files-with-the-same-date/576122>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/date-based-naming-files-with-the-same-date/576122 "2020-04-17T18:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobtheninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bobtheninja](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobtheninja)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/date-based-naming-files-with-the-same-date/576122/1 "2020-04-17T18:57:29Z")

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Server Version#: 4.22.3  
Player Version#: Multiple (ATV, iOS, Android, etc…)

I have a TV Show library that I’d like to use date-based naming. These are home movies so my agent is set to Personal Media. However, it seems episodes that “aired” (recorded) on the same date experience metadata overlapping. For example:

File name: Christmas – 2019-12-25 – Opening presents.mp4  
Metadata title: “Opening presents”

File name: Christmas – 2019-12-25 – Secret Santa.mp4  
Metadata title: “Secret Santa”

File name: Christmas – 2019-12-25 – Dinner.mp4  
Metadata title: “Dinner”

In this example all 3 videos show in the library but they are all show “Dinner” as the title of the video.

Any thoughts on how to correct this behavior?

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**Author:** ![bobtheninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bobtheninja](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bobtheninja)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/date-based-naming-files-with-the-same-date/576122/2 "2020-04-21T22:53:40Z")

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Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/date-based-naming-files-with-the-same-date/576122/3 "2020-07-20T22:53:41Z")

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