Index: server/Slim/Formats/FLAC.pm
===================================================================
--- server/Slim/Formats/FLAC.pm	(revision 2272)
+++ server/Slim/Formats/FLAC.pm	(working copy)
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 my %tagMapping = (
 	'TRACKNUMBER'	=> 'TRACKNUM',
-	'DATE'		=> 'YEAR',
 	'DISCNUMBER'	=> 'SET',
 	'URL'		=> 'URLTAG',
 );
@@ -130,6 +129,13 @@
 			delete $tags->{$old};
 		}
 	}
+
+	# Special handling for DATE tags
+	# Parse the date down to just the year, for compatibility with other formats
+	if (defined $tags->{'DATE'} && !defined $tags->{'YEAR'}) {
+		($tags->{'YEAR'} = $tags->{'DATE'}) =~ s/.*(\d\d\d\d).*/$1/;
+	}
+
 }
 
 sub addInfoTags {
Index: server/Slim/Formats/Ogg.pm
===================================================================
--- server/Slim/Formats/Ogg.pm	(revision 2272)
+++ server/Slim/Formats/Ogg.pm	(working copy)
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 my %tagMapping = (
 	'TRACKNUMBER'	=> 'TRACKNUM',
-	'DATE'		=> 'YEAR',
 );
 
 # To turn perl's internal form into a utf-8 string.
@@ -87,8 +86,15 @@
 			$tags->{$new} = $tags->{$old};
 			delete $tags->{$old};
 		}
+
 	}
 
+	# Special handling for DATE tags
+	# Parse the date down to just the year, for compatibility with other formats
+	if (defined $tags->{'DATE'} && !defined $tags->{'YEAR'}) {
+		($tags->{'YEAR'} = $tags->{'DATE'}) =~ s/.*(\d\d\d\d).*/$1/;
+	}
+
 	# Add additional info
 	$tags->{'SIZE'}	    = -s $file;