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Katsunami · 09-08-2013, 05:10 PM

My timezone is (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna...

(Because of Daylight Saving Time, we're now actually +2 ahead of UTC.)

If I put in that the date of publication is 1-1-2005, I think it's illogical to save it as 31-12-2004, 23:00 in the assumption that calibre is going to Add +1 or more hours based on my time zone If I'd move to the west at some point in my life, it would substract hours, changing the publication date to 2004.

It would be safest to set the publication date at 30-06-2005.

I don't care about month, day, or hour of publication. The "raw" version is what Sigil produces when you add date: publication to the metadata tag-editor.

Sigil can't read Calibre's <dc:date> format (the publication date does not appear in the tag editor), and sometimes, but not always (I have not yet been able to determine when exactly) it'll completely remove Calibre's <dc:date> entries from the OPF file.

09-08-2013, 05:10 PM	#3
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	My timezone is (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna... (Because of Daylight Saving Time, we're now actually +2 ahead of UTC.) If I put in that the date of publication is 1-1-2005, I think it's illogical to save it as 31-12-2004, 23:00 in the assumption that calibre is going to Add +1 or more hours based on my time zone If I'd move to the west at some point in my life, it would substract hours, changing the publication date to 2004. It would be safest to set the publication date at 30-06-2005. I don't care about month, day, or hour of publication. The "raw" version is what Sigil produces when you add date: publication to the metadata tag-editor. Sigil can't read Calibre's <dc:date> format (the publication date does not appear in the tag editor), and sometimes, but not always (I have not yet been able to determine when exactly) it'll completely remove Calibre's <dc:date> entries from the OPF file. Last edited by Katsunami; 09-08-2013 at 05:57 PM.