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Old 08-22-2019, 10:30 AM   #1656
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Originally Posted by alexantao View Post
I understand, but it would be simple to tell: do not update Calibre Library Book's date if date read on device is not set. Similar to the Reading position option KoboUtilities already has. This is a suggestion.
Yes, it is simple to tell that one value exists, and the other doesn't. The difficulty is deciding what to do with it. Not resetting the calibre date is not always the correct thing. The real problem is that there should be a date coming from the device.
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Normally I Read to the end. And also pass those last pages with no information until I get the Home Screen on the device and the confirmation that the reading was finished. Some few finished book I incidentally touched and had to mark as finished, but that was some, 3 or 4. Unfortunately, the device does not show me any information about when I started and when I finished to read a book.
I never used "Update metadata on device".

Have done it and tested today (see screenshot). The interesting is that it shows a dialog with some books finished long time ago and it claims that want to update them. I think all of them I updated LOCALLY (Calibre library) the date read metadata, but if this is the reason, them it should show a lot more books, end they are not on the list.
You have "Only if more recent" selecting in the configuration. That means it should only be fetching the reading status for books on the device that have a last read date after that in the calibre library. Which is correct for the book with a date.
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Searching for information about the dates on my Kobo, I incidentally touched a book I've already read and it started reading again. Marked as finished and plugged it again to sync. The same list of books were shown at the confirmation was asking to update this book as read today. So it is working. The strange thing is that it show books I did not touch anything on the device.
There is something strange happening with the dates on the device. Can you send me the database from the device? Upload it somewhere and PM me the link. Also, is the date and time set correctly? And what language do you have the interface set to?
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