Thread: Date Column; Disable on Add
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Old 01-23-2025, 05:27 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by aubreyfairlop View Post
Hi! Getting my head round Calibre. Three questions regarding the date columns/fields please:

1st: Is there a way to disable to automatic adding of a Date when I drop a new book into Calibre? At the moment I am manually removing this everytime I add a new book.

I looked through the settings under 'Control the adding of books' and don't see it. The publication date is what's important to me.

2nd question: can you tell me a use for this secondary Date field/column besides sorting by date added? I don't understand the function... maybe there is a valuable use case I'm not considering.

3rd question: When I manually add a Publication Date, it doesn't give me the option to just put a year, or a month and year, I have to add day, month, year... this info isn't always available. How can I add just a year?

Sincere thanks for your help and tips.
See Preferences->Tweaks->Control how dates are displayed:

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There are many useful features in Tweaks,

Re the Date column, I drop it from the book list and ignore it. It has occasionally been of use in tracking down my mistakes. And I believe it is used, or can be used, in Send to Device/Save to Disk operations.

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