Edit Metadata date field

[spindlegirl]

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

Playing around with the "Edit Metadata" screen and fields, I looked at the Date field in the tags/publishing data area... I thought that date was the date the book was added to Calibre, but it's not apparently. Also, I tried to change the date, and just got a calendar function with the year 101 - how do I change that to 2012? Where does the Date information come from, and what does it mean?

My favorite way, even for a SINGLE book, is to choose "Edit Metadata in Bulk". You will see Today's date written at the bottom and simply click the checkbox "Apply Date" (assuming "today" is the day you want to use for date added).

Using "In Bulk" is something I do carefully, because if you check the wrong things you can mess up your Library info, but There are sometimes when I like to apply the current date to a bunch of books that didn't for whatever reason, have "today" as the date when it was imported to calibre.

[arasu84]

Originally Posted by tilia

Preferences>Tweaks an
d then choose 'Control how dates are displayed'.

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