# Copyright month/year

**URL:** <https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922>\
**Category:** Feedback & Ideas\
**Tags:** patterns\
**Created:** [7 April 2025 03:56 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922 "2025-04-07T03:56:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lyric91](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/lyric91/32/565_2.png) [@Lyric91](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Lyric91)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 03:56 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922/1 "2025-04-07T03:56:41Z")

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Hi! I’m a new to Stash Hub so maybe I’ve missed this somewhere. I’ve got a large pattern collection and currently include a copyright date in my database so i know how old a pattern is. The date is generally in month/year format, but sometimes just a year. As I’m entering data into Stash Hub, I don’t see a field for this anywhere. I’ve been including that information in the Notes field, but I don"t think I can search or sort on that. It would be great if it were included somewhere. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![JD3205](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@JD3205](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/JD3205)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 06:08 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922/2 "2025-04-07T06:08:06Z")

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@Lyric91 I faced this issue when I was adding all my old patterns (a collection going back years) I used the purchase date field for the copyright date; purchase date isn’t that important to me. I ‘purchased’ patterns in all sorts of years. 😊  
An alternative would be to set up tags by the decades or the years maybe as these are searchable.  
Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/thewizard/32/3_2.png) [@TheWizard](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/TheWizard)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 08:55 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922/3 "2025-04-07T08:55:39Z")

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Hi @Lyric91. Welcome to the forum.

There is no field for month and/or year and I think storing it in the notes is a good option.

If you’d like to be able to filter by this I would do as @JD3205 suggested

> [@JD3205](#):
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> An alternative would be to set up tags by the decades or the years maybe as these are searchable.

and create tags for the different decades.

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**Author:** ![ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/clairesews/32/37_2.png) [@ClaireSews](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/ClaireSews)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 09:51 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922/4 "2025-04-07T09:51:04Z")

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Welcome 😊 @Lyric91 👋🏼.

As per the replies above from @JD3205 + @TheWizard… I like the idea for a year/copyright © field 👍🏼. Currently I use the “Tags” to write 1970s, 1960s etc. to denote decade for my patterns. And, I write into the “Notes” field the year of the pattern publication too.

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**Author:** ![Maritha](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/user_avatar/forum.stashhubapp.com/maritha/32/47_2.png) [@Maritha](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/u/Maritha)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 11:13 UTC](https://forum.stashhubapp.com/t/copyright-month-year/922/5 "2025-04-07T11:13:52Z")

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I use tags as well, both for decades and specific years, which works ok, but a separate field for it would be super. I have a large collection from the 1930s-1950s.