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Old 07-28-2017, 05:48 AM   #2
chaley
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Originally Posted by nikoski View Post
I give some of my PDFs on the PC under windows names containing date+time, like in this example ...

28.07.2017-11.20
25.08.2017-09.10

Afterwards i import them to calibre and get those names as "titles" and assign to them a tag "appointments".

After syncing them to CC i'd like to be able to sort those PDFs under "appointments" according to the data+time as entered in "title". This does not seem to work.

How could i achieve that otherwise?
Title is sorted as text. It cannot be sorted as a date. This is true in both CC and calibre.

I can think of two ways for you to solve this problem.
  • Create a datetime custom column and store your "title" in that column. Add that column to CC's sort menu. Getting the date from the title into the new column could present a challenge because your "title" matches no current calibre date format.
  • Use a text format for the date that sorts correctly as text, such as 2017.08.25-09.10. You would need to use a 24-hour clock.
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