Manually changing "Originally Available" date, Plex changes it to 1970-01-01

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.26.0.5715

I am not able to manually change the “Originally Available” date as Plex automatically changes it to 1970-01-01. I have tried restarting PMS but same issue occurs again.

I can change all other metadata tho

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Yes, I see this too. I think there’s a bug.

I tested in both the local and https://app.plex.tv web interfaces, and in Plex.app on macOS.

I think the date fields have been changed in the database to be stored as a unix-style epoch times, but I don’t think the editing interfaces have been updated.

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Well that’s annoying, do you know if there is a work around for this at the moment?

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interestingly it seems to be a problem for me on PC versions’ PMS. I have another PMS on my QNAP and the issue doesnt seem to be happening

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What version of PMS is on the QNAP box?

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1.25.9 its on the QNAP

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You might test rolling back to that version on the PC too.

It’s also still available for direct download from the Plex download page.

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its a new pc so i dont actually have the previous updates on my device and i cant find the previous releases on Plex’ website.

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I gave a link to the download page. If you turn off Plex Pass downloads you’ll get 1.25.9.

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+1, can confirm this bug on 1.26.0.5715 win10.

@OttoKerner can u pls move this in the correct forum for beta bug reports so it does not get in stable?

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every date on my sever shows 1969 for year started after last update

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I have same issue. Manually changing originally aired field to 2020-12-16 or anydate for that matter and it reverts to 1969-12-31

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I am getting this problem with the new release “New PUBLIC PMS Version Available - 1.26.0.5715-8cf78dab3”

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This issue is expected to be fixed in the upcoming PMS 1.26.1

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Same problem here. Windows 10 Pro, PMS v 1.26.0.5715. Date changes to 1969-12-31.

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I’m possibly seeing the same issue. Any new file I have added in the last 3-4 weeks (I think) has the Released Date as the Unix epoch (1970-01-01). I’m using PMS v1.24.1.4931 on a TerraMaster NAS.

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I can also confirm this bug. I’m -4 hrs UTC. I reset my Pi to UTC and that resolves the problem. Resetting Pi to local time and problem is back, so we’ll just need to wait for the next update.

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