# Problem OPC Tag and year **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [August 20, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-opc-tag-and-year/10374 "2015-08-20T12:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrea.montresor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-opc-tag-and-year/10374/1 "2015-08-20T12:47:18Z")
Hello, I tried to put in an OPC Tag the value 2015. This is a BYTE and address (working correctly) is: [DEVICE\_1]DB210, B26. The data type is int2. When I try to enter 2015, I get 223. This tag represents a year, as 2015. Why? Do you have any solution? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-opc-tag-and-year/10374/2 "2015-08-20T12:54:03Z")
A byte can only be between 0 and 255. ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-opc-tag-and-year/10374/3 "2015-08-20T19:27:01Z")
To expand on what Kevin is saying-- and explain why you’re seeing 223: ` 2015 : 0111 1101 1111 223 : 1101 1111` Since, a byte is only 8-bits long, you are getting the lower end. ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-opc-tag-and-year/10374/4 "2015-08-21T11:56:34Z")
You want a 16-bit integer type. This is often referred to as a SHORT (if signed, with a range of -32768 to 32767) or a WORD (if unsigned, with a range of 0 to 65535).