# Split apart mismatch gets wrong added date **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344 "2018-05-11T09:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/1 "2018-05-11T09:54:49Z")
I think I have found a bug in Plex matching Had: The Terminal (2004).mkv Added: Terminal (2018).mkv Plex decided that this movie was NOT from 2018, but was the same movie as The Terminal. I had to split them up and match it manually. As a consequence the added date for the new movie was the same as the old movie. When I have split them apart it should use the added date that I actually added it to Plex. This seems like a bug in Plex matching. 1. It mached wrong 2. It kept the wrong added date after splitting it up ---
**Author:** ![leelynds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/leelynds/32/82049_2.png) [@leelynds](https://forums.plex.tv/u/leelynds)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/3 "2018-05-11T12:13:24Z")
> @trumpy81 said: > To correct that, go to the Terminal (2018) file and perform a Fix Match. In the Fix Match dialogue, click on Search Options and then make sure the title is correct, remove the year and then under Agent select The Movie Database as the source. Now click on Search. > > Select the appropriate match when they are returned, it should have a match rating of 90% or so. Now your two files should have different identifiers and should not be re-grouped at all. One would think that would fix the problem, but it doesn’t. The “identity” will be different, but Plex insists that the added date is the same, even when you assign a different agent to match it. I reported the same problem here: [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/299252/movie-mismatch-as-duplicate-corrected-but-stubbornly-keeps-original-added-at-date](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/299252/movie-mismatch-as-duplicate-corrected-but-stubbornly-keeps-original-added-at-date) It’s one of those glitches that I suspect will be fixed later rather than sooner ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/4 "2018-05-11T12:35:50Z")
> @DJViking said: > Added: Terminal (2018).mkv Did it have this exact file name when you added it the first time? If you only renamed it later, you might have to perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/908454/#Comment_908454 "Plex Dance") ---
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/5 "2018-05-11T13:32:52Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > > > @DJViking said: > > Added: Terminal (2018).mkv > > Did it have this exact file name when you added it the first time? > If you only renamed it later, you might have to perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/908454/#Comment_908454 "Plex Dance") The new media did not have the same file name. No “The” prefix and different Year. What perplexes me is why Plex thought it was the same movie. The title was somewhat similar, but it should have seen the Year and found it different. ---
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/6 "2018-05-11T13:39:41Z")
The Plex Dance did not work to fix it. It continues to match “Terminal (2018)” with “The Terminal (2004)”, which I cannot fathom. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/7 "2018-05-11T13:40:12Z")
> @DJViking said: > The new media did not have the same file name. No “The” prefix and different Year. I meant: was the file `Terminal (2018).mkv` named exactly like that when you added it initially into Plex? Or did you rename it only later, when it was mismatched by Plex? > What perplexes me is why Plex thought it was the same movie. The title was somewhat similar, but it should have seen the Year and found it different. Do you use a subfolder per-movie or are all your movie files in one folder, directly beside each other? ---
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/8 "2018-05-11T13:44:49Z")
It was named slightly different. I had included some encoding HEVC, resolution in the file name. When it first matched wrong I changed the file name, moved the movie out, recanned, moved it back in and rescanned, but still the same problem. /storage/storage1/Movies/The Terminal (2004).mkv /storage/storage2/Movies/Terminal (2018)/Terminal (2018).mkv They where on different drives. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/9 "2018-05-11T13:55:19Z")
> @DJViking said: > When it first matched wrong I changed the file name, moved the movie out, recanned, moved it back in and rescanned That would have been of no use, because the file as such was unchanged. Only the full [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) has a chance fo achieving a difference. > /storage/storage1/Movies/The Terminal (2004).mkv > /storage/storage2/Movies/Terminal (2018)/Terminal (2018).mkv Add a text file into the folder `/storage/storage2/Movies/Terminal (2018)/` with the content ```auto https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463816 ``` and with the file name `Terminal (2018).nfo` Then perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/908454/#Comment_908454 "Plex Dance") again. I’d be very interested in the outcome. (please don’t use Microsoft Word or similar text processors. Just a basic text editor) ---
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/10 "2018-05-11T14:02:29Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > > > @DJViking said: > > When it first matched wrong I changed the file name, moved the movie out, recanned, moved it back in and rescanned > > That would have been of no use, because the file as such was unchanged. > Only the full [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) has a chance fo achieving a difference. > > > /storage/storage1/Movies/The Terminal (2004).mkv > > /storage/storage2/Movies/Terminal (2018)/Terminal (2018).mkv > > Add a text file into the folder `/storage/storage2/Movies/Terminal (2018)/` > with the content > > ```auto > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463816 > > ``` > > and with the file name `Terminal (2018).nfo` > Then perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/908454/#Comment_908454 "Plex Dance") again. > > I’d be very interested in the outcome. > > (please don’t use Microsoft Word or similar text processors. Just a basic text editor) That worked. The first [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) I did was unsuccessful, but adding the nfo file seems do to the trick. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/split-apart-mismatch-gets-wrong-added-date/235344/11 "2020-01-08T01:01:49Z")