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Old 07-19-2025, 12:05 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by zje View Post
The Last Modified plugin does not manage the 'Last Modified' date. It allows you to use a custom field as a last modified date. I did try the plugin but in the end it did not do what I wanted which was to manage the 'Last Modified' column supplied by Calibre. It was the impetus for making the tool 'offline' since it is not possible to manage the 'Last Modified' column from within Calibre due to Calibre being able to modify the column value at unpredictable times.
If one acknowledges that the calibre database schema adheres to strict 3NF rules then the updates to the Modified/last modified column are predictable… IMO.

I maintain a book level timestamped log of actions in OneNote with a onenote:// URL in the book's Links/#links custom column.

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