Enhancement Request: iTunes Release Date

clydep · 07-17-2011, 09:05 AM

GRiker, I'm not sure if this is the way to submit an enhancement request but here goes.

I'd like to be able to use the original release date of the book to correspond to the Release Date field in iTunes. As you mentioned, currently none of the date fields in Calibre coordinate with this date. The Release Date being used by iTunes seems to be fairly accurate, although I do have problems with books that were of the same two digit year in previous centuries. I'm not sure if that is something that can be corrected internally via iTunes, I'm looking into that as well.

Thanks!

GRiker · 07-18-2011, 06:50 AM

I just took a look at the iTunes Release Date field.

It appears that when a book is added to iTunes, the Release Date is derived from the <dc:date> element in the .OPF file. The fact that iTunes displays the year as a two-digit number is internal to iTunes, and not something controlled by the contents of the <dc:date> element.

Any book you send to iTunes/iBooks from calibre should have the publication date as shown in calibre shown in the iTunes 'Release Date' field.

G

clydep · 07-22-2011, 07:48 AM

GRiker, that was the first thing I checked before I posted and it doesn't translate. For example, I'm looking at The Tale of Peter Rabbit right now and it has a "Published Date" in Calibre of August 1991. The Release Date in iTunes is "2/6/38"

GRiker · 07-22-2011, 10:18 AM

It works for me.

How are you transferring the ePub from calibre to iTunes?

G

07-17-2011, 09:05 AM	#1
clydep Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: iPad	Enhancement Request: iTunes Release Date GRiker, I'm not sure if this is the way to submit an enhancement request but here goes. I'd like to be able to use the original release date of the book to correspond to the Release Date field in iTunes. As you mentioned, currently none of the date fields in Calibre coordinate with this date. The Release Date being used by iTunes seems to be fairly accurate, although I do have problems with books that were of the same two digit year in previous centuries. I'm not sure if that is something that can be corrected internally via iTunes, I'm looking into that as well. Thanks!

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07-18-2011, 06:50 AM	#2
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	I just took a look at the iTunes Release Date field. It appears that when a book is added to iTunes, the Release Date is derived from the <dc:date> element in the .OPF file. The fact that iTunes displays the year as a two-digit number is internal to iTunes, and not something controlled by the contents of the <dc:date> element. Any book you send to iTunes/iBooks from calibre should have the publication date as shown in calibre shown in the iTunes 'Release Date' field. G

07-22-2011, 07:48 AM	#3
clydep Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: iPad	GRiker, that was the first thing I checked before I posted and it doesn't translate. For example, I'm looking at The Tale of Peter Rabbit right now and it has a "Published Date" in Calibre of August 1991. The Release Date in iTunes is "2/6/38"

07-22-2011, 10:18 AM	#4
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	It works for me. How are you transferring the ePub from calibre to iTunes? G

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