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BetterRed · 01-14-2016, 07:10 PM

@kensmosis - by default, the Date column contains the date the book was added to the library. However it can be changed manually (which would imply the column has been re-purposed), but AFAIK it cannot be extracted from a format file or downloaded

The Published Date columns can be extracted from a format file, my guess is that for a PDF, it would have to be in embedded XML as the Dublin Core Date element

The Modification Date is the date when the books metadata was last changed in the database, it cannot be edited or updated, other than by changing a books metadata.

If you want to see them in ISO format, then that can be specified in Preferences->Tweaks->gui_pubdate_display_format (search for date) - 'iso' will show as something like - 2015-12-25T10:54:29+11:00

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01-14-2016, 07:10 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,779 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@kensmosis - by default, the Date column contains the date the book was added to the library. However it can be changed manually (which would imply the column has been re-purposed), but AFAIK it cannot be extracted from a format file or downloaded The Published Date columns can be extracted from a format file, my guess is that for a PDF, it would have to be in embedded XML as the Dublin Core Date element The Modification Date is the date when the books metadata was last changed in the database, it cannot be edited or updated, other than by changing a books metadata. If you want to see them in ISO format, then that can be specified in Preferences->Tweaks->gui_pubdate_display_format (search for date) - 'iso' will show as something like - 2015-12-25T10:54:29+11:00 BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-14-2016 at 08:22 PM. Reason: typo