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Martin Hollander · 01-04-2013, 10:24 AM

Hi,

Perhaps I did not search correctly but I am looking for a function in Calibre that extracts the publication date from the book contents itself, like Extract ISBN does for ISBN.

Most books contain, within the first few pages, the copyright symbol followed by a four digit year of first publication. It would be nice if this year could be extracted and used to set the pubdate metadata field.

Thanks in advance.

01-04-2013, 10:24 AM	#1
Martin Hollander Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Extract Pubdate Hi, Perhaps I did not search correctly but I am looking for a function in Calibre that extracts the publication date from the book contents itself, like Extract ISBN does for ISBN. Most books contain, within the first few pages, the copyright symbol followed by a four digit year of first publication. It would be nice if this year could be extracted and used to set the pubdate metadata field. Thanks in advance. Last edited by Martin Hollander; 01-04-2013 at 11:06 AM.