# Translation problem, using AAAA instead of YYYY

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676
**Category:** Translations
**Created:** [5 april 2018 om 21:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676 "2018-04-05T21:35:12Z")
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### Author: ![vwss1984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vwss1984](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vwss1984)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 21:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676/1 "2018-04-05T21:35:12Z")

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Hi, I’ve been observing an annoying issue in some Brazilian Portuguese-speaking Discourse forums for quite some time. See the following:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b274b562b7d855eeb7375639219b516faca97543.png)

I.E. Instead of the year, it shows “AMAMAMAM” or “PMPMPMPM”. This happens due to an incorrect date format string. Looking at the source, I found it on line 11 of [discourse/config/locales/server.pt\_BR.yml at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml).

It should be YYYY instead of AAAA. I have already submitted a fix to Transifex. How/when are these fixes published?

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### Author: ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [5 april 2018 om 22:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676/2 "2018-04-05T22:13:16Z")

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Use Admin - Customize - Text to fix them immediately.

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [6 april 2018 om 12:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676/3 "2018-04-06T12:58:46Z")

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I updated the translations, so this should be fixed.

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [7 april 2018 om 12:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-problem-using-aaaa-instead-of-yyyy/84676/4 "2018-04-07T12:59:01Z")

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