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Originally Posted by cga1982
Hi Jon.
I just like my months to have three letters - I'm a bit strange that way.
I also have to convert formats to my "standard" date format. I have to go and change 2026-01-17 to Jan 17 2026 to keep my date formats uniform.
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It is rare there are DATES in
titles. Calibre is a Database Catalog.
BTW mucking with titles also hinders Metadata fetches from lookup sites
Each TYPE of data has a column for that value.
common columns with Dates:
Date ( the date the entry was first added to calibre)
pubdate (when published)
(normally hidden) Last_Modified (Any change about that books entry bumps this)
While we are talking about dates (and series indexes):
NEITHER accept ranges (Jan-Feb, 1-5. ) These are single value type data. Have a plan to work around by having a standard notation, like: First month, series begin.series end [1.05] (1-5 always use 2 digits after decimal. and yes, 10,20 ... break. THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS
)
[FWIW I have just 2 books with December AS a word in their Title]
Many folk have other Custom columns for things like Last read, Edited (clean up the formatting
)
The reason FOR custom columns so you do not need to
misuse a standard column (that may have unwanted side effects)