Modifying date of publication: can I display the year only?

BMaloney · 01-26-2011, 07:09 PM

Hello. I am slowly entering my exponentially expanding collection of digital material into calibre. I am also a stickler for detail, so I'm trying to get the metadata of my library as complete and correct as possible.

The "published" column in the GUI main window allows you to enter years as far back as you like (Hobbes, T. published 1651), but it obliges you to include a month. Can that be changed?

The more of other info I can see, the better; so I'd like to remove this unnecessary detail. (Besides, the info is usually false - not knowing, I choose January.) But I'd like to keep the year. Is that possible?

I'm a newbie, I guess, but I'm willing to give some "programming" a try, if it's required...

Thanks for your time.

kovidgoyal · 01-26-2011, 07:16 PM

Preferences->Tweaks

JayLaFunk · 01-27-2011, 11:28 AM

I was just asking this same thing the other day and Kovid sorted it...

See this post https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118054

Jay

BMaloney · 02-23-2011, 04:09 AM

A month late is better than never, I hope. Thanks for the tip, guys.

The more I use calibre, the more I am really impressed by it. So much personalization and control over the content. I recommend it to everyone.

Thanks again!

01-26-2011, 07:09 PM	#1
BMaloney Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 126 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: PRS-650	Modifying date of publication: can I display the year only? Hello. I am slowly entering my exponentially expanding collection of digital material into calibre. I am also a stickler for detail, so I'm trying to get the metadata of my library as complete and correct as possible. The "published" column in the GUI main window allows you to enter years as far back as you like (Hobbes, T. published 1651), but it obliges you to include a month. Can that be changed? The more of other info I can see, the better; so I'd like to remove this unnecessary detail. (Besides, the info is usually false - not knowing, I choose January.) But I'd like to keep the year. Is that possible? I'm a newbie, I guess, but I'm willing to give some "programming" a try, if it's required... Thanks for your time.

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01-26-2011, 07:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Tweaks

01-27-2011, 11:28 AM	#3
JayLaFunk Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 538 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: iPad	I was just asking this same thing the other day and Kovid sorted it... See this post https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118054 Jay

02-23-2011, 04:09 AM	#4
BMaloney Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 126 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: PRS-650	A month late is better than never, I hope. Thanks for the tip, guys. The more I use calibre, the more I am really impressed by it. So much personalization and control over the content. I recommend it to everyone. Thanks again!

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