The year should have four digits. If you want to enter a year earlier than 1000 CE, please pad with zeros, such as “0123”.

Error:

Caught exception in MusicBrainz::Server::Controller::Artist->edit "Date::Calc::PP::Days_in_Month(): Date::Calc::Days_in_Month(): year out of range at lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Form/Field/DatePeriod.pm line 50"

Stack trace:

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Time: 2020-02-02 15:10:39 UTC

Host: 3c37f20e5e79

Interface language: en

URL: https://test.musicbrainz.org/artist/0c659e4c-1e77-491e-85f9-81f0e613657a/edit

Request data:

$VAR1 = {
          'body_parameters' => {
                                 'edit-artist.period.begin_date.year' => '-0179',
                                 'edit-artist.begin_area.gid' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.make_votable' => '1',
                                 'edit-artist.end_area.gid' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.name' => "\x{53f8}\x{9a6c}\x{76f8}\x{5982}",
                                 'edit-artist.period.end_date.year' => '-0127',
                                 'edit-artist.period.begin_date.day' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.period.end_date.day' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.period.ended' => '1',
                                 'edit-artist.comment' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.sort_name' => 'Sima, Xiangru',
                                 'edit-artist.type_id' => '1',
                                 'edit-artist.area.gid' => '7c81bb69-a99b-3487-b6d4-0f76d7a29ca0',
                                 'edit-artist.period.end_date.month' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.area_id' => '44',
                                 'edit-artist.period.begin_date.month' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.end_area.name' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.end_area_id' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.begin_area.name' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.begin_area_id' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.edit_note' => '',
                                 'edit-artist.gender_id' => '1',
                                 'edit-artist.area.name' => 'China'
                               },
          'query_parameters' => {}
        };