[eschwartz]

Try this:

PHP Code:

program:

    pdate=finish_formatting(
        format_date(
            field('pubdate'),
            'yyyy'),
        '',
        '(',
        ') '
    );

    strcat(
        template("{author_sort}/{title}/{author_sort} - {series:|[|}"),' ',
        ifempty(
            finish_formatting(
                field("series_index"),
                '0>3',
                '',
                '] '
            ),
            contains(
                pdate,
                '101',
                '',
                pdate
            )
        ),
        field('title')
) 


It should test if pdate contains "101" and return empty if so.

@theducks why is 1/1/101 the unassigned datetype? Do you have any idea why I have the empty string for an unassigned date? I am using linux if it makes a difference.