Problems with Date of book when i use Metadata

Wipneus · 11-01-2014, 08:28 PM

I have now Calibre 2.8 and i have problems with the date in the Metadata. Now the date changed everytime to this date 02 jan 0101 when i want to changed it it will not work. How to change the date or whats the problem?

Wipneus

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2014, 11:27 PM

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1388061

Bobioden · 11-02-2014, 07:55 AM

All the books that I am importing since the latest update to 2.8 have a published date of Jan 0101. How do I correct this. I am going into each book and changing the date, but how do I get it to stop doing this.

Running a Mac with Yosemite.

theducks · 11-02-2014, 08:49 AM

That date is supposed to equal 'Un defined' (no date) and not show. Does any of your Metadata source choices supply 'Published' ? If you have only a single source, that may be broken due to a site change (hint: tell us the name

)

If that is not the problem:
Until Kovid figures something:

Get a PC

(couldn't resist )

Moderator Notice
EDIT Was solved. Merged threads

Wipneus · 11-04-2014, 07:19 PM

The same i have with the publishing Date. By the date i get when i push the green button (delete date) 02 jan. 0101 and by the publishing date i get jan. 0101 when i push the green button (delete date). My source is the Bol.com plugin.

DoctorOhh · 11-05-2014, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wipneus

The same i have with the publishing Date. By the date i get when i push the green button (delete date) 02 jan. 0101 and by the publishing date i get jan. 0101 when i push the green button (delete date). My source is the Bol.com plugin.

This issue is reported fixed in post #2 above and the fix will be in the next release.

Wipneus · 11-08-2014, 07:13 PM

I have now version 2.9 but there is one problem left. When i use the Bol.com plugin and I go to that site i use always the isbn number. Then i run Calibre to search in Bol.com. He get the information but i see a different publishing date. One month different between what Bol.com had on there site and what Calibre fills in. On the Bol.com site there is standing March 2013 but i get Februari 2013 in Calibre. PrBarnart who made the plugin doesn`t know why there is an one month different publishing date.

kovidgoyal · 11-08-2014, 10:00 PM

It will be a timezone issue, in some timezones the 1st of a month will be the last day of the previous month. Tell him to use the calibre.utils.date.parse_only_date function or to manually set the day of the date to 2nd instead of first. Or set the timezne info on the date to the local timezone.

Wipneus · 11-09-2014, 12:53 PM

Ok Thanks i will tell him

tromaster · 11-09-2014, 03:36 PM

Just upgraded to 2.9 and still can't change the Published date manually. I'm trying to type just a year, say 1953, and nothing happens. Any hints?

I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits.

BetterRed · 11-09-2014, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tromaster

Just upgraded to 2.9 and still can't change the Published date manually. I'm trying to type just a year, say 1953, and nothing happens. Any hints?

I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits.

@tromaster - see Preferences->Tweaks->Control how dates are displayed also controls how they are entered.

To clear a date enter '-' (minus) to make a date today enter '=' (equals)

BR

Pr.BarnArt · 11-10-2014, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

It will be a timezone issue, in some timezones the 1st of a month will be the last day of the previous month. Tell him to use the calibre.utils.date.parse_only_date function or to manually set the day of the date to 2nd instead of first. Or set the timezne info on the date to the local timezone.

Hi,
Setting the day to 2nd , as default, is a workaround.
What did change in calibre for this issue,because version 2.6 gave no problems with this at all.
I was used to create the date by:

Code:

 from calibre.utils.date import utc_tz
        return datetime.datetime(year, month, day, tzinfo=utc_tz)

I thought this way there is no timezone issue.

tromaster · 11-10-2014, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@tromaster - see Preferences->Tweaks->Control how dates are displayed also controls how they are entered.

To clear a date enter '-' (minus) to make a date today enter '=' (equals)

BR

Thanks for the tip, BR, that worked fine.

kovidgoyal · 11-10-2014, 09:38 AM

The date is displayed in the local timezone, if you set to to the a particular day in the UTC timezone, that might be the previous day in the local timezone. Either use the second or use local timezone.

11-01-2014, 08:28 PM	#1
Wipneus Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nederland Device: Ipad Pro	Problems with Date of book when i use Metadata I have now Calibre 2.8 and i have problems with the date in the Metadata. Now the date changed everytime to this date 02 jan 0101 when i want to changed it it will not work. How to change the date or whats the problem? Wipneus

11-02-2014, 07:55 AM	#3
Bobioden Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 3090 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: iPad rMini	Published date Jan 0101 All the books that I am importing since the latest update to 2.8 have a published date of Jan 0101. How do I correct this. I am going into each book and changing the date, but how do I get it to stop doing this. Running a Mac with Yosemite.

11-02-2014, 08:49 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,240 Karma: 61360164 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That date is supposed to equal 'Un defined' (no date) and not show. Does any of your Metadata source choices supply 'Published' ? If you have only a single source, that may be broken due to a site change (hint: tell us the name ) If that is not the problem: Until Kovid figures something: Get a PC (couldn't resist ) Moderator Notice EDIT Was solved. Merged threads Last edited by theducks; 11-02-2014 at 08:52 AM. Reason: Merged with the solution thread

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11-01-2014, 11:27 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,598 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1388061

11-04-2014, 07:19 PM	#5
Wipneus Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nederland Device: Ipad Pro	The same i have with the publishing Date. By the date i get when i push the green button (delete date) 02 jan. 0101 and by the publishing date i get jan. 0101 when i push the green button (delete date). My source is the Bol.com plugin.

11-08-2014, 07:13 PM	#7
Wipneus Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nederland Device: Ipad Pro	I have now version 2.9 but there is one problem left. When i use the Bol.com plugin and I go to that site i use always the isbn number. Then i run Calibre to search in Bol.com. He get the information but i see a different publishing date. One month different between what Bol.com had on there site and what Calibre fills in. On the Bol.com site there is standing March 2013 but i get Februari 2013 in Calibre. PrBarnart who made the plugin doesn`t know why there is an one month different publishing date.

11-08-2014, 10:00 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,598 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It will be a timezone issue, in some timezones the 1st of a month will be the last day of the previous month. Tell him to use the calibre.utils.date.parse_only_date function or to manually set the day of the date to 2nd instead of first. Or set the timezne info on the date to the local timezone.

11-09-2014, 12:53 PM	#9
Wipneus Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nederland Device: Ipad Pro	Ok Thanks i will tell him

11-09-2014, 03:36 PM	#10
tromaster Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: none	Just upgraded to 2.9 and still can't change the Published date manually. I'm trying to type just a year, say 1953, and nothing happens. Any hints? I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits.

11-10-2014, 09:38 AM	#14
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,598 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The date is displayed in the local timezone, if you set to to the a particular day in the UTC timezone, that might be the previous day in the local timezone. Either use the second or use local timezone.