Problems with Published Dates

goldilocks · 04-22-2016, 06:38 PM

Running:
Windows 7 SP1
Calibre 2.53

After importing an eBook into Calibre I fix the metadata. Usually it is just one or two eBooks so I wasn't sure if the eBooks were at fault or some Calibre setting changing the published date when imported.

I just imported 10 new eBooks and everyone of them has the published date as Apr 2014. The year is correct but the month is wrong. This has been happening for awhile now. Whatever month I import the eBook is given for the published month. Year seems to be correct. It is just weird.

Is there some setting in Calibre I need to fix? Some setting on my computer? Is there a way for me to check the metadata in an eBook before adding it to Calibre?

Thanks for any help!

theducks · 04-22-2016, 07:26 PM

Published comes from Metadata.
It could be within the book (initial entry in Calibre)
or Later downloaded (updated in Calibre)

This may be Site dependent (somewhat depending on how many Metadata Source PI are configured). If the same site supplies the Pubdate, there may be a scraping problem due to a site change. Yo need to figure where the wrong data comes from.

1) If it is bad in the book ++>Blame the Publisher
2) If it turns out all those WERE Apr2014 ++> Blame the Purchaser

goldilocks · 04-22-2016, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Published comes from Metadata.
It could be within the book (initial entry in Calibre)
or Later downloaded (updated in Calibre)

This may be Site dependent (somewhat depending on how many Metadata Source PI are configured). If the same site supplies the Pubdate, there may be a scraping problem due to a site change. Yo need to figure where the wrong data comes from.

1) If it is bad in the book ++>Blame the Publisher
2) If it turns out all those WERE Apr2014 ++> Blame the Purchaser

Ok, I'm going with 1) since I didn't do anything with the books but import them. I took a look at the content.opf and it shows: <dc:date>2014</dc:date>. But no date with data that says published. I guess Calibre can only put the current month if there isn't one listed.

theducks, thanks for your response...

BetterRed · 04-23-2016, 09:21 PM

If you have Add Books configured to get metadata from the book format file then I'm pretty sure if a file a doesn't have a published date in its metadata then calibre will leave the pubdate/Published column empty.

Don't confuse calibre's date/Date column with DC's date element. The calibre Date column is initially set to the date/time the book was added to the library, in the opf it is written to the element calibre:timestamp. The pubdate/Published value is written into the dc:date element.

BR

04-22-2016, 06:38 PM	#1
goldilocks Addict Posts: 344 Karma: 1222222 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Florida Device: Sony PRS-505	Problems with Published Dates Running: Windows 7 SP1 Calibre 2.53 After importing an eBook into Calibre I fix the metadata. Usually it is just one or two eBooks so I wasn't sure if the eBooks were at fault or some Calibre setting changing the published date when imported. I just imported 10 new eBooks and everyone of them has the published date as Apr 2014. The year is correct but the month is wrong. This has been happening for awhile now. Whatever month I import the eBook is given for the published month. Year seems to be correct. It is just weird. Is there some setting in Calibre I need to fix? Some setting on my computer? Is there a way for me to check the metadata in an eBook before adding it to Calibre? Thanks for any help!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
published dates before feb 0101 CE	readerboy7	Library Management	1	01-21-2016 05:24 AM
Issue Entering Dates (Added or Published)	Pinecone	Library Management	2	12-27-2011 07:17 AM
Published - Dates	bigbird1227	Plugins	4	08-21-2011 06:54 AM
Published Dates	bigbird1227	Library Management	7	06-10-2011 10:40 AM
How to search for dates (published or entered)?	Starson17	Calibre	29	04-10-2010 11:03 PM

04-22-2016, 07:26 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Published comes from Metadata. It could be within the book (initial entry in Calibre) or Later downloaded (updated in Calibre) This may be Site dependent (somewhat depending on how many Metadata Source PI are configured). If the same site supplies the Pubdate, there may be a scraping problem due to a site change. Yo need to figure where the wrong data comes from. 1) If it is bad in the book ++>Blame the Publisher 2) If it turns out all those WERE Apr2014 ++> Blame the Purchaser

04-23-2016, 09:21 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,721 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	If you have Add Books configured to get metadata from the book format file then I'm pretty sure if a file a doesn't have a published date in its metadata then calibre will leave the pubdate/Published column empty. Don't confuse calibre's date/Date column with DC's date element. The calibre Date column is initially set to the date/time the book was added to the library, in the opf it is written to the element calibre:timestamp. The pubdate/Published value is written into the dc:date element. BR

Advert