diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
index 011a35e2..4f09d8d8 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
@@ -123,6 +123,20 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 	}
 	
 	
+	@Define("d")
+	public Object getReleaseDate() {
+		if (infoObject instanceof Episode) {
+			return getEpisode().airdate();
+		}
+		if (infoObject instanceof Movie) {
+			return getMetaInfo().getProperty("released");
+		}
+		
+		// no date info for the model
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	
 	@Define("airdate")
 	public Date airdate() {
 		return getEpisode().airdate();
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
index 073de65b..d89a18e7 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 parameter.exclude: ^StreamKind|Count$
 
 # preview expressions (keys are tagged so they can be sorted alphabetically)
-expressions: n,y,s,e,t,airdate,startdate,absolute,special,imdbid,episode,sxe,s00e00,movie,vc,ac,cf,vf,af,resolution,hpi,ws,sdhd,source,group,crc32,fn,ext,file,pi,pn,lang,actors,director,collection,genres,certification,rating,dim,info.runtime,info.status,imdb.rating,imdb.votes,media.title,media.durationString,media.overallBitRateString,video.codecID,video.frameRate,video.displayAspectRatioString,video.height,video.scanType,audio.format,audio.bitRateString,audio.language,text.codecInfo,text.language
+expressions: n,y,s,e,t,d,startdate,absolute,special,imdbid,episode,sxe,s00e00,movie,vc,ac,cf,vf,af,resolution,hpi,ws,sdhd,source,group,crc32,fn,ext,file,pi,pn,lang,actors,director,collection,genres,certification,rating,dim,info.runtime,info.status,imdb.rating,imdb.votes,media.title,media.durationString,media.overallBitRateString,video.codecID,video.frameRate,video.displayAspectRatioString,video.height,video.scanType,audio.format,audio.bitRateString,audio.language,text.codecInfo,text.language