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Originally Posted by Massreader
Hello,
I would like the date specification for "published" to be by default (i.e. when entering metadata for the first time) the date listed under "Date".
(As I am using the german version of Calibre, the data fields may have other names in the english version.)
Furthermore: If "Date" is changed, the same date should appear in "Published" (but not vice versa).
Is that possible somehow?
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The simple answer is no, all standard columns have fixed names, and, with the exception of Date, pre-determined function.
Date is initially set to the current timestamp when a book was added to the library, but you can change its function by using it otherwise. When I add a book (to an Intake library) I clear the Date (F2 the cell, press '-', then Enter). When I finish reading the text I change it to current date (F2 the cell, press '=', then Enter). So for me Date acts as have/have-not read signal as well as a Date Read value.
If I wanted Published to be date added, I would do similar to what I do with Date. When I added a book to my Intake library I would set Published to current date with F2, press '=', press Enter. I just realised that in one of my libraries I do exactly that
I sometimes need to adjust the day e.g. from 2019-06-14 to 2019-06-12.
BR