Change input option publishdate?

Skinn0r · 12-20-2021, 04:04 AM

Hello,

I have a question about the date input.
Is there a setting where I can change the type of input?
I would like to enter the publication date by hand. I mean I would like to enter, "12/20/2021" or "20.12.2021" and not click through the calendar.
I'm trying to catalog my ebook collection right now, but entering the publication date is already very tedious and lengthy.
But I also want it to remain a date field and not free text.

Skinn0r

BetterRed · 12-20-2021, 06:45 AM

This is one of several reasons why I don't use the MetaData Edit (MDE) dialogue box.

I edit metadata in the book list via F2, dates default to today and you can type over the segments of an existing value - all my dates are yyyy-MM-dd.

The date picker is available in this mode, but I never use it.

If you press '-' the date is set to Undefined, and an '=' will set a date to Now. That also works in the MDE dialogue box version.

BR

kovidgoyal · 12-20-2021, 06:57 AM

You can type in the date field, you just have to enter the date in the same format as the field dispay it, do if it says Dec 2011 and you want to change it to Oct 2014 type exactly Oct 2014

12-20-2021, 04:04 AM	#1
Skinn0r Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: Calibre	Change input option publishdate? Hello, I have a question about the date input. Is there a setting where I can change the type of input? I would like to enter the publication date by hand. I mean I would like to enter, "12/20/2021" or "20.12.2021" and not click through the calendar. I'm trying to catalog my ebook collection right now, but entering the publication date is already very tedious and lengthy. But I also want it to remain a date field and not free text. Skinn0r Last edited by Skinn0r; 12-20-2021 at 04:06 AM.

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12-20-2021, 06:45 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,720 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	This is one of several reasons why I don't use the MetaData Edit (MDE) dialogue box. I edit metadata in the book list via F2, dates default to today and you can type over the segments of an existing value - all my dates are yyyy-MM-dd. The date picker is available in this mode, but I never use it. If you press '-' the date is set to Undefined, and an '=' will set a date to Now. That also works in the MDE dialogue box version. BR

12-20-2021, 06:57 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can type in the date field, you just have to enter the date in the same format as the field dispay it, do if it says Dec 2011 and you want to change it to Oct 2014 type exactly Oct 2014

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