Thread: Custom column: "Updated date", when adding new "versions" of the same file?
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Old 10-26-2011, 03:47 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by enriquep View Post
I am trying to create a custom column that allows me to sort my library by date, but taking into account "updated files" - With this I mean new versions of the same eBooks.

I'll try to exlain myself. My intention is to have a way to to track files that have been replaced by new "versions", or files with the same name, same author, same format..., to be able to review them after adding them, as often they have improved metadata etc. That will enable me to "put them together" by sorting them by this "updated date" column.

The current problem is that when these new "versions" are added to the library they are just merged but the "date" and the "modified" fields do not change, so these eBooks are difficult to review after adding new files - you have to manually search for each one of them.

Any ideas on how to do this, or any alternative ideas on how to do what I intend to do?

Thanks in advance, sorry for my limited command of English and greetings from sunny Spain.
Modified changes with every change done from Calibre (and metadata affecting plugins).
If you make a change via the side or back doors, then, no the modified does not get bumped.

Side door: Open With PI, Tweak Epub
Backdoor: Open Folder, direct edits

I keep a column "Edited Date just for cases (requires a Manual click of the Today button in the Metadata Editor).
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