diff --git a/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.spec.ts b/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.spec.ts
index 426cfd253..e945d6cd0 100644
--- a/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.spec.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ describe('createDiscoverFacetNavigation', () => {
         }
     });
 
+    it('labels the chip with the year it navigates to', () => {
+        const discover = create(xtreamMovie);
+
+        // The label and the destination must not disagree: slicing the
+        // first four characters of a day-first date renders '31-0'
+        expect(discover.yearLabel('31-03-1999')).toBe('1999');
+        expect(discover.yearLabel('1999-03-31')).toBe('1999');
+        expect(discover.yearLabel('1976')).toBe('1976');
+    });
+
+    it('has no label for a date stating no usable year', () => {
+        const discover = create(xtreamMovie);
+
+        expect(discover.yearLabel('0000-00-00')).toBeNull();
+        expect(discover.yearLabel('unknown')).toBeNull();
+        expect(discover.yearLabel(undefined)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('refuses the year facet when the target cannot be reached', () => {
         // Hosts return null when enrichment is off, and Discover reads its
         // results from TMDB — a year chip must not promise an empty page
diff --git a/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.ts b/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.ts
index c20b1be81..6ebbba42e 100644
--- a/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/shared/util/src/lib/navigation/discover-facet-navigation.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ export interface DiscoverFacetTarget {
 }
 
 export interface DiscoverFacetNavigation {
+    /**
+     * The year a chip should DISPLAY, so its label and its destination
+     * cannot disagree — a day-first `31-03-1999` navigates to 1999 and
+     * must not render as the first four characters. `null` when the date
+     * states no usable year; the caller then keeps its own rendering.
+     */
+    yearLabel(releaseDate: string | null | undefined): string | null;
     canOpenYear(releaseDate: string | null | undefined): boolean;
     openYear(releaseDate: string | null | undefined): void;
     openGenre(genre: TmdbGenreFacet): void;
@@ -76,6 +83,10 @@ export function createDiscoverFacetNavigation(
         target() !== null && facetYear(releaseDate) !== null;
 
     return {
+        yearLabel(releaseDate) {
+            const year = facetYear(releaseDate);
+            return year === null ? null : String(year);
+        },
         canOpenYear,
         openYear(releaseDate) {
             const year = facetYear(releaseDate);
diff --git a/libs/portal/stalker/feature/src/lib/stalker-series-view/stalker-series-view.component.html b/libs/portal/stalker/feature/src/lib/stalker-series-view/stalker-series-view.component.html
index bd2097927..e7aed956f 100644
--- a/libs/portal/stalker/feature/src/lib/stalker-series-view/stalker-series-view.component.html
+++ b/libs/portal/stalker/feature/src/lib/stalker-series-view/stalker-series-view.component.html
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
                         class="details__tag details__tag--clickable"
                         (click)="discover.openYear(serial.info.releasedate)"
                     >
-                        {{ serial.info.releasedate }}
+                        {{ discover.yearLabel(serial.info.releasedate) }}
                     </button>
                 } @else {
                     <span class="details__tag">{{
-                        serial.info.releasedate
+                        discover.yearLabel(serial.info.releasedate) ??
+                            serial.info.releasedate
                     }}</span>
                 }
             }
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details.component.html b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details.component.html
index 5e4cbf481..7d6eb43c8 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details.component.html
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details.component.html
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
                         class="details__tag details__tag--clickable"
                         (click)="discover.openYear(info.releaseDate)"
                     >
-                        {{ info.releaseDate | slice: 0 : 4 }}
+                        {{ discover.yearLabel(info.releaseDate) }}
                     </button>
                 } @else {
                     <span class="details__tag">{{
-                        info.releaseDate | slice: 0 : 4
+                        discover.yearLabel(info.releaseDate) ??
+                            (info.releaseDate | slice: 0 : 4)
                     }}</span>
                 }
             }
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-route.component.html b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-route.component.html
index 9718aa4e4..407855726 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-route.component.html
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-route.component.html
@@ -301,11 +301,12 @@
                         class="details__tag details__tag--clickable"
                         (click)="discover.openYear(info.releasedate)"
                     >
-                        {{ info.releasedate | slice: 0 : 4 }}
+                        {{ discover.yearLabel(info.releasedate) }}
                     </button>
                 } @else {
                     <span class="details__tag">{{
-                        info.releasedate | slice: 0 : 4
+                        discover.yearLabel(info.releasedate) ??
+                            (info.releasedate | slice: 0 : 4)
                     }}</span>
                 }
             }