MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Trying to preserve original file attributes when adding books from my phone

BetterRed · 05-12-2025, 07:39 AM

@Axius27 - You seem to be assuming that FanFicFare makes use of file system dates, I'm not sure that's a valid assumption, and I suspect that's why @JSWolf suggests you ask in the FFF plugin thread.

Linux and Apple file systems don't have a Date Created attribute, and afaik IOS and Android are the same. Modified Date in calibre-speak refers to the date when when a book's metadata was changed, whereas the file system Modified Date refers to the date when a specific file was changed (e.g. a .EPUB, .PDF, .DOCX etc).

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05-12-2025, 07:39 AM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,784 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Axius27 - You seem to be assuming that FanFicFare makes use of file system dates, I'm not sure that's a valid assumption, and I suspect that's why @JSWolf suggests you ask in the FFF plugin thread. Linux and Apple file systems don't have a Date Created attribute, and afaik IOS and Android are the same. Modified Date in calibre-speak refers to the date when when a book's metadata was changed, whereas the file system Modified Date refers to the date when a specific file was changed (e.g. a .EPUB, .PDF, .DOCX etc). BR Last edited by BetterRed; 05-12-2025 at 07:42 AM.