button to today date

reup · Today, 11:58 AM

hello all

this is just a suggestion/request as I cannot find the function anywhere

I sort my PTR (pile to read) base on the date added to calibre
sometime, while looking for something, I find more than one book so I decide to push to the top of the pile a few of them
to do so, I just have to change the date to "Today"
however there is not an easy way to do so, and when some books are as old as a few month, it takes a while to move them to the top

I believe I could select them, do a group "Edit metadata" remove the date then add today's date, it is not the most convenient, so I hope this suggestion will find its way to "the dev "

theducks · Today, 12:32 PM

I really suggest you NOT repurpose such a basic column {date} like that.

There is the Reading list Plugin for those who wish to manage their habit

Custom Columns can be made for almost any data type

FWIW = is the keystroke for a Date type (in edit mode) for Today

Sirtel · Today, 01:19 PM

I use tags and custom columns for my TBR piles. Changing the date is about the most inconvenient way I can think of how to manage a TBR list.

ownedbycats · Today, 03:36 PM

Action Chains' single-field edit lets you use a preset 'today' on datetime columns. You can map a chain to a keyboard shortcut.

Reading List plugin with a custom series column will be easier though, this will let you reorder the books.

reup · Today, 05:16 PM

thanks all for your replies
I should have mentioned that I use calibre-web to access my library over the web
I sync one way the folder using lsyncd to an external web server on which I run apache and calibre-web
and calibre-web does not understand custom columns so date it it

BetterRed · Today, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reup

thanks all for your replies
I should have mentioned that I use calibre-web to access my library over the web
I sync one way the folder using lsyncd to an external web server on which I run apache and calibre-web
and calibre-web does not understand custom columns so date it it

FYI - in Metadata edit or F2 edit in the book list, pressing '=' will set a datetime column to Now and pressing '-' will set to Undefined.

BR

Today, 11:58 AM	#1
reup Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: hp ipaq hx2750	button to today date hello all this is just a suggestion/request as I cannot find the function anywhere I sort my PTR (pile to read) base on the date added to calibre sometime, while looking for something, I find more than one book so I decide to push to the top of the pile a few of them to do so, I just have to change the date to "Today" however there is not an easy way to do so, and when some books are as old as a few month, it takes a while to move them to the top I believe I could select them, do a group "Edit metadata" remove the date then add today's date, it is not the most convenient, so I hope this suggestion will find its way to "the dev "

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Today, 12:32 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,161 Karma: 57532198 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I really suggest you NOT repurpose such a basic column {date} like that. There is the Reading list Plugin for those who wish to manage their habit Custom Columns can be made for almost any data type FWIW = is the keystroke for a Date type (in edit mode) for Today

Today, 01:19 PM	#3
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,803 Karma: 226728226 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I use tags and custom columns for my TBR piles. Changing the date is about the most inconvenient way I can think of how to manage a TBR list.

Today, 03:36 PM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,063 Karma: 62040591 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Action Chains' single-field edit lets you use a preset 'today' on datetime columns. You can map a chain to a keyboard shortcut. Reading List plugin with a custom series column will be easier though, this will let you reorder the books.

Today, 05:16 PM	#5
reup Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: hp ipaq hx2750	thanks all for your replies I should have mentioned that I use calibre-web to access my library over the web I sync one way the folder using lsyncd to an external web server on which I run apache and calibre-web and calibre-web does not understand custom columns so date it it

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