Published Date will not change in metadata editor.

[M0rph3us]

I'm running Calibre 2.27 and I'm having an issue with the "Published" field. I want to be able to sort all books by a particular author by date, but a few of my epub files don't contain a publishing date field. I can open the calendar pop-up in the metadata editor but no matter what date I set it defaults to the current month and year. I've tried this with several books and always get the same result. I've noticed that epub's that do contain the field also can't be changed. What is the problem here?

Is there some setting I'm missing that enables this action? It's very annoying to have 80% of my books sorted, then a few stragglers that refuse to cooperate.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by M0rph3us

I'm running Calibre 2.27 and I'm having an issue with the "Published" field. I want to be able to sort all books by a particular author by date, but a few of my epub files don't contain a publishing date field. I can open the calendar pop-up in the metadata editor but no matter what date I set it defaults to the current month and year. I've tried this with several books and always get the same result. I've noticed that epub's that do contain the field also can't be changed. What is the problem here?

Is there some setting I'm missing that enables this action? It's very annoying to have 80% of my books sorted, then a few stragglers that refuse to cooperate.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

you must click (set) each: Year, then Month, Then Date,

You can't skip a click

[M0rph3us]

Originally Posted by theducks

you must click (set) each: Year, then Month, Then Date,

You can't skip a click

Thanks mate! I didn't know the specific day of the month so I was just ignoring it. For some reason it didn't occur to me to pick a random date, lol.

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by M0rph3us

Thanks mate! I didn't know the specific day of the month so I was just ignoring it. For some reason it didn't occur to me to pick a random date, lol.

There is also a tweak where you can control how the date is handled. For instance I have mine set to only show the year. This avoids having to enter detail that you are not interested in.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by itimpi

There is also a tweak where you can control how the date is handled. For instance I have mine set to only show the year. This avoids having to enter detail that you are not interested in.

IIRC that tweak only affects the display / direct entry but Not IF you use the Calendar tool.
The Tool requires the 3 values

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by theducks

IIRC that tweak only affects the display / direct entry but Not IF you use the Calendar tool.
The Tool requires the 3 values

Yes - but if you have restricted the date to the year one is unlikely to use the calendar tool as it much easier to type in the year from the keyboard.