diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index 13f2312a1..815be7525 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -91,27 +91,6 @@ class Application_Model_StoredFile {
         }
         else {
             $dbMd = array();
-            
-            if (isset($p_md["MDATA_KEY_YEAR"])){
-                // We need to make sure to clean this value before inserting into database.
-                // If value is outside of range [-2^31, 2^31-1] then postgresl will throw error
-                // when trying to retrieve this value. We could make sure number is within these bounds,
-                // but simplest is to do substring to 4 digits (both values are garbage, but at least our
-                // new garbage value won't cause errors). If the value is 2012-01-01, then substring to
-                // 4 digits is an OK result.
-                // CC-3771
-                
-                $year = $p_md["MDATA_KEY_YEAR"];
-                
-                if (strlen($year) > 4){
-                    $year = substr($year, 0, 4);
-                }
-                if (!is_numeric($year)){
-                    $year = 0;
-                }
-                $p_md["MDATA_KEY_YEAR"] = $year;
-            }
-                        
             foreach ($p_md as $mdConst => $mdValue) {
                 $dbMd[constant($mdConst)] = $mdValue;
             }
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
index 59bbc784e..92ffa4eca 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class AirtimeMetadata:
             md['MDATA_KEY_CONDUCTOR'] = self.truncate_to_length(md['MDATA_KEY_CONDUCTOR'], 512)
 
         if 'MDATA_KEY_YEAR' in md:
-            md['MDATA_KEY_YEAR'] = self.truncate_to_length(md['MDATA_KEY_YEAR'], 16)
+            md['MDATA_KEY_YEAR'] = self.truncate_to_length(md['MDATA_KEY_YEAR'], 4)
 
         if 'MDATA_KEY_URL' in md:
             md['MDATA_KEY_URL'] = self.truncate_to_length(md['MDATA_KEY_URL'], 512)