What do you use the "Date" metadata field in Calibre for?

cbedgar · 11-19-2017, 02:56 PM

I am pretty new to Calibre, and I am still setting up and organizing my library. I am mostly looking for a eBook cataloging system, and Calibre seems to do a nice job handling hundreds of eBooks, maybe more. I like the way Calibre imports metadata for each of the books I load into Calibre's library, and I especially like that I can include data from Worldcat.

As I review and complete the metadata for each of my eBooks, I notice the date field is initially set to the date the eBook was loaded into Calibre. I read in the documentation and in the forums that this is very helpful for some people.

But the date field is really just a generic date, and could be used for just about anything. I have been using it for the date I purchased or acquired the eBook. I read that some people us this field to track date one started reading or the date one finished.

I am not sure how I want to use this field, and I am curious as to how other folks use this field and how useful they are finding the information they are tracking with it. What do you use the "Date" metadata field for?

theducks · 11-19-2017, 05:12 PM

Date is auto filled by Calibre when you Add that title.
I prefer to leave it alone YMMV
If you need another date field (like Date Read), use a custom column instead

RodMyers · 11-20-2017, 06:39 AM

I use the date field to see when I added ebooks.

Terisa de morgan · 11-20-2017, 06:45 AM

Sorting in some cases, nothing else. I prefer not messing with default fields.

DaltonST · 11-20-2017, 11:08 AM

This is how and why I sometimes use it:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=154

DaltonST

11-19-2017, 02:56 PM	#1
cbedgar Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Finger Lakes, NY Device: Kindle App on MacBook & iPhone	What do you use the "Date" metadata field in Calibre for? I am pretty new to Calibre, and I am still setting up and organizing my library. I am mostly looking for a eBook cataloging system, and Calibre seems to do a nice job handling hundreds of eBooks, maybe more. I like the way Calibre imports metadata for each of the books I load into Calibre's library, and I especially like that I can include data from Worldcat. As I review and complete the metadata for each of my eBooks, I notice the date field is initially set to the date the eBook was loaded into Calibre. I read in the documentation and in the forums that this is very helpful for some people. But the date field is really just a generic date, and could be used for just about anything. I have been using it for the date I purchased or acquired the eBook. I read that some people us this field to track date one started reading or the date one finished. I am not sure how I want to use this field, and I am curious as to how other folks use this field and how useful they are finding the information they are tracking with it. What do you use the "Date" metadata field for?

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11-19-2017, 05:12 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,792 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Date is auto filled by Calibre when you Add that title. I prefer to leave it alone YMMV If you need another date field (like Date Read), use a custom column instead

11-20-2017, 06:39 AM	#3
RodMyers Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 1153274 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: PocketBook Lux 5	I use the date field to see when I added ebooks.

11-20-2017, 06:45 AM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,233 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Sorting in some cases, nothing else. I prefer not messing with default fields.

11-20-2017, 11:08 AM	#5
DaltonST Deviser Posts: 2,265 Karma: 2090983 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Texas Device: none	This is how and why I sometimes use it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=154 DaltonST