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Kythe42 · 08-12-2013, 09:42 PM

Thanks for the link. Funny enough I was actually reading that page earlier today to figure out how to format the composite column, but I didn't see the section on format_date. I'm not really sure how to use it though to reformat a text field in which I'd use the ISO format in order to make the date appear in a more familiar format. I suppose this is beyond my current skill level.

It's just so frustrating that I should have to go to such great lengths in order make sortable partial dates(in the format of my choosing), which is something that I'm pretty sure Calibre used to be able to handle without any problem.

Perhaps if I go with the separate date fields with the composite column option, I can better organize how they show up in the custom metadata tab by the way I name them. They would all be together if I named them "Date Finished Reading Year", "Date Finished Reading Month", and "Date Finished Reading Day" rather than "Year", "Month", and "Day".

Thanks again for the suggestions. If you have any further thoughts, please feel free to share them.

08-12-2013, 09:42 PM	#5
Kythe42 Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 8440 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Android tablet	Thanks for the link. Funny enough I was actually reading that page earlier today to figure out how to format the composite column, but I didn't see the section on format_date. I'm not really sure how to use it though to reformat a text field in which I'd use the ISO format in order to make the date appear in a more familiar format. I suppose this is beyond my current skill level. It's just so frustrating that I should have to go to such great lengths in order make sortable partial dates(in the format of my choosing), which is something that I'm pretty sure Calibre used to be able to handle without any problem. Perhaps if I go with the separate date fields with the composite column option, I can better organize how they show up in the custom metadata tab by the way I name them. They would all be together if I named them "Date Finished Reading Year", "Date Finished Reading Month", and "Date Finished Reading Day" rather than "Year", "Month", and "Day". Thanks again for the suggestions. If you have any further thoughts, please feel free to share them.