# The release date is not shown ?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-release-date-is-not-shown/221043>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-release-date-is-not-shown/221043 "2018-01-10T15:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antonio\_Branco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Antonio\_Branco](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Antonio_Branco)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-release-date-is-not-shown/221043/1 "2018-01-10T15:22:24Z")

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I enter a Release Date correctly to my movies but then it does not appear as you can check for the images.  
Sometimes it shows the date but always when I add another movie to the folder of my movies, the release date of the previous movies disappears.  
 ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/5/6/567659d60a5fb99d5856427fed428239f3fe50cf.bmp)

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-release-date-is-not-shown/221043/2 "2018-01-10T22:11:35Z")

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this could be because you’re using a movie library for home videos… when you show those films by release date, the actual date should be visible.

I recommend to change the library type to `Personal Media` instead… this way Plex will by default use any embedded metadata it can read/find but you’ll still be able to enrich the data / posters etc.  
Plus… Plex won’t attempt to match your movies against an online database.

If I remember correctly, this should also resolve your 2nd problem:

> **[Why does Plex remove "-" in a Movie Title?](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/303187/why-does-plex-remove-in-a-movie-title#latest)**
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> For example: If I enter the title “London - Restaurants” to my movie, plex will remove the “-”. After a few days, we verified that Plex removed the “-” and we came to see the title thus “London Restaurants”. Even if you block the Title, Plex...

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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:** [January 8, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-release-date-is-not-shown/221043/3 "2020-01-08T00:26:03Z")

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