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gelbmitschwarzen · 01-07-2014, 01:31 PM

hello,

I am trying to import a list of books and add some of the metadata information from the filename (via regular expression).

the syntax of the filenames is:
series index (format 000) - date published (format yyyy-MM) - author - title

for example:
001 - Original Oz Books - 1900-05 - Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

my problem is the date published field (pubdate), it does not recognize the yyyy-MM date format in the filename, so it's not accepted as a valid date. the online documentation for reading metadata from filenames.

what expression do I have to use to get calibre to recognize the pubdate from the filename?

01-07-2014, 01:31 PM	#1
gelbmitschwarzen Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	metadata from filename - published date hello, I am trying to import a list of books and add some of the metadata information from the filename (via regular expression). the syntax of the filenames is: series index (format 000) - date published (format yyyy-MM) - author - title for example: 001 - Original Oz Books - 1900-05 - Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz my problem is the date published field (pubdate), it does not recognize the yyyy-MM date format in the filename, so it's not accepted as a valid date. the online documentation for reading metadata from filenames. what expression do I have to use to get calibre to recognize the pubdate from the filename?