From e9a4c1e11a1e1336e27ef8124c98af8f3b4ddf07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tikhon Petrishchev <41113186+tikhonp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:45:31 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] merge #427 - fix: albums from 1970 using last modified date
 instead of album release date

---
 src/swingmusic/lib/taglib.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/swingmusic/lib/taglib.py b/src/swingmusic/lib/taglib.py
index 85e5fccc..d626527b 100644
--- a/src/swingmusic/lib/taglib.py
+++ b/src/swingmusic/lib/taglib.py
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ def get_tags(filepath: str, config: UserConfig) -> dict:
     else:
         other = {}
 
+    date = parse_date(tags.year or "")
+    if date is None:
+        date = int(last_mod)
+
     metadata: dict[str, Any] = {
         "album": tags.album,
         "albumartists": tags.albumartist,
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ def get_tags(filepath: str, config: UserConfig) -> dict:
         "genres": tags.genre,
         "copyright": " ".join(other.get("copyright", [])), # INFO: Extract copyright from extra data
         "extra": {},
-        "date": parse_date(tags.year or "") or int(last_mod)
+        "date": date
     }