Sort by system file creation date

Alaa · 02-21-2019, 09:07 AM

Hi,
I'd like to create a column to sort my magazines (pdf files) by the date that the file was created (system date) (not the date added).

The reason is that I have to recreate my database and if I add all the files at once to a new fresh database, they will all appear as added today.

Can anyone help?
thanks!
Alaa

kovidgoyal · 02-21-2019, 10:02 AM

Assuming the OPF files are still present, if you add using the one book per folder method, it will preserve the add date.

Alaa · 02-22-2019, 02:15 AM

Hi, thanks for your reply but unfortunatly I did not use the one book per folder method. I must look that up!
Any way to extract th efile creation date?

theducks · 02-22-2019, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alaa

Hi, thanks for your reply but unfortunatly I did not use the one book per folder method. I must look that up!
Any way to extract th efile creation date?

Not that I know of (that is reliable).. The original (id) was the add order, that gets 'fixed' when you re-add.

02-21-2019, 09:07 AM	#1
Alaa Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: kindle	Sort by system file creation date Hi, I'd like to create a column to sort my magazines (pdf files) by the date that the file was created (system date) (not the date added). The reason is that I have to recreate my database and if I add all the files at once to a new fresh database, they will all appear as added today. Can anyone help? thanks! Alaa

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02-21-2019, 10:02 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Assuming the OPF files are still present, if you add using the one book per folder method, it will preserve the add date.

02-22-2019, 02:15 AM	#3
Alaa Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: kindle	Hi, thanks for your reply but unfortunatly I did not use the one book per folder method. I must look that up! Any way to extract th efile creation date?