06-04-2010, 10:27 PM | #1 |
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'Date' Column
Where exactly does Calibre get the 'Date' column data?
I watched the new "What's New in 0.7" video by Kovid, and he mentioned the 'Date' field is when the book was added into Calibre. However, I have a few books that show 'Dec 2007' as the date, even though I created and added those books into Calibre a couple weeks ago. If I look at the file properties of the Epub, they also show a May 2010 created and modified date. |
06-04-2010, 10:32 PM | #2 |
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EPUB files can have metadata that causes the date to be set. For example, change the date, save an epub file using save to disk and re-add it to calibre, you should see the date being the changed date rather than the date it was added.
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06-04-2010, 10:39 PM | #3 |
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Ahhh! Thanks Kovid.
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06-07-2010, 08:50 PM | #4 |
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Ok, I saw this issue too. Is there a preference to make the date, always be the date of addition to the library.
I recently added 17 new EPUB books (recently bought from Bean Books) only to find them being listed as the oldest books books in the library. |
06-07-2010, 08:59 PM | #5 | |
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There are instructions, but preferences, interface is the place to start. |
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06-07-2010, 09:21 PM | #6 | |
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EDIT: I was assuming using the specific name 'date_added' in the lookup field would link it to some form of an internal variable already set in the dbase. Since the above doesn't seem to be the case, I made my own date added column, but it's blank for all the books. Is there a way to add this column so it autopopulates with the real date added? Last edited by Stinger; 06-07-2010 at 09:27 PM. |
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06-07-2010, 09:36 PM | #7 | |
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Optionally: highlight a bunch of records (to change ) Click the Edit Meta-data button. Switch to the custom tab Set the date you want ALL the selected records to have. Done |
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06-08-2010, 01:49 AM | #8 |
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My date column never changes from the date the file was added. My published column does if I pick metata with a published date?
I would dearly love to have an automatic downloaded copyright date but probably difficult to implement Helen |
06-08-2010, 01:56 AM | #9 |
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