Why can't I set a stop time for a song in itunes?

I would like to shorten a song that I purchased on itunes.  When I set the stop time in options it continues to play to the end of the song and will not accept the shortened time I have set.  Why can I not shorten the stop time on a song?

I had a similar problem, with strange times appearing in the stop time field after I entered it.
I eventually realised that the song must not be playing, or even selected for playing, when you attempt the stop time edit. This is counter-intuitive; both of us wanted to edit the stop time for a song we were playing.
What worked for me was to first select another song and start it playing. Then select the song whose stop time you want to edit, and make the edit.
I hope that solves your problem.
However, a warning: Start and stop times do not seem to propagate to the home shared library, e.g., accessed by an iPad, or Apple TV; they only work when playing music directly from iTunes.

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