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Pixelastic · 11-09-2012, 09:03 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to remove the metadata "Published Date" from the metadata of an epub file using `ebook-meta`.

I can change the value just fine, but do not find the way to completly remove it. If I pass a value of 0 or -1 it just convert it to a date, and any non-numeric string throws an error.

Here is what I tried so far :

Code:

ebook-meta input.epub --date='0'
ebook-meta input.epub --date='-1'
ebook-meta input.epub --date='-'
ebook-meta input.epub -d '0'

What is the correct way to remove this data ? With any string-based metadata I simply pass an empty string when I want to clear it, but an empty string as a different effect on a date.

11-09-2012, 09:03 PM	#1
Pixelastic Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: FBReader on Android	How can I remove Published Date from metadata using ebook-meta Hi, I'm trying to remove the metadata "Published Date" from the metadata of an epub file using `ebook-meta`. I can change the value just fine, but do not find the way to completly remove it. If I pass a value of 0 or -1 it just convert it to a date, and any non-numeric string throws an error. Here is what I tried so far : Code: ebook-meta input.epub --date='0' ebook-meta input.epub --date='-1' ebook-meta input.epub --date='-' ebook-meta input.epub -d '0' What is the correct way to remove this data ? With any string-based metadata I simply pass an empty string when I want to clear it, but an empty string as a different effect on a date.