published dates before feb 0101 CE

readerboy7 · 01-21-2016, 03:00 AM

I have several books in my library which were published before February 101 CE, some of which were published in the BCE era. I want my metadata to be as accurate as possible. However, that doesn't possible with dates. 0101-01-01 seems mean 'no date' according to Calibre, and Calibre doesn't accept any dates before that, reverting it back to whatever the previous metadata claims. Is there a way to work around this?

chaley · 01-21-2016, 05:24 AM

The only workaround I know of is to put the date as a string into a text-type custom column. Sorting this column will present challenges because the BCE dates run backwards while the CE dates run forwards.

01-21-2016, 03:00 AM	#1
readerboy7 Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	published dates before feb 0101 CE I have several books in my library which were published before February 101 CE, some of which were published in the BCE era. I want my metadata to be as accurate as possible. However, that doesn't possible with dates. 0101-01-01 seems mean 'no date' according to Calibre, and Calibre doesn't accept any dates before that, reverting it back to whatever the previous metadata claims. Is there a way to work around this?

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01-21-2016, 05:24 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,372 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The only workaround I know of is to put the date as a string into a text-type custom column. Sorting this column will present challenges because the BCE dates run backwards while the CE dates run forwards.

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