# How do i identify records by year in the 5 year 2012 ACS sample, the year just says 2012?

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**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-do-i-identify-records-by-year-in-the-5-year-2012-acs-sample-the-year-just-says-2012/508 "2014-04-28T18:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkchehal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@pkchehal](https://forum.ipums.org/u/pkchehal)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-do-i-identify-records-by-year-in-the-5-year-2012-acs-sample-the-year-just-says-2012/508/1 "2014-04-28T18:28:00Z")

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**Author:** ![grover](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/grover/32/5_2.png) [@grover](https://forum.ipums.org/u/grover)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/how-do-i-identify-records-by-year-in-the-5-year-2012-acs-sample-the-year-just-says-2012/508/2 "2014-04-28T19:28:00Z")

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The variable [MULTYEAR](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/MULTYEAR#description_section) is used to identify indivudal years in multi-year files.

I hope this helps.