...

src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py

@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ class XMLCache(object):
                 if record is None:
                     record = self.create_text_record(root, i, book.lpath)
                 self.update_text_record(record, book, path, i)
+
             bl_pmap = playlist_map[i]
             self.update_playlists(i, root, booklist, bl_pmap,
                     collections_attributes)

src/calibre/gui2/library/delegates.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import QColor, Qt, QModelIndex, QSize, \
 
 from calibre.gui2 import UNDEFINED_QDATE
 from calibre.gui2.widgets import EnLineEdit, TagsLineEdit
-from calibre.utils.date import now
+from calibre.utils.date import now, format_date
 from calibre.utils.config import tweaks
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.comments_dialog import CommentsDialog
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class DateDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate): # {{{
         d = val.toDate()
         if d == UNDEFINED_QDATE:
             return ''
-        return d.toString('dd MMM yyyy')
+        return format_date(d.toPyDate(), 'dd MMM yyyy')
 
     def createEditor(self, parent, option, index):
         qde = QStyledItemDelegate.createEditor(self, parent, option, index)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class PubDateDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate): # {{{
         format = tweaks['gui_pubdate_display_format']
         if format is None:
             format = 'MMM yyyy'
-        return d.toString(format)
+        return format_date(d.toPyDate(), format)
 
     def createEditor(self, parent, option, index):
         qde = QStyledItemDelegate.createEditor(self, parent, option, index)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class CcDateDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate): # {{{
         d = val.toDate()
         if d == UNDEFINED_QDATE:
             return ''
-        return d.toString(self.format)
+        return format_date(d.toPyDate(), self.format)
 
     def createEditor(self, parent, option, index):
         qde = QStyledItemDelegate.createEditor(self, parent, option, index)

src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import os
 from functools import partial
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QTableView, Qt, QAbstractItemView, QMenu, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt4.Qt import QTableView, Qt, QAbstractItemView, QMenu, pyqtSignal, \
+    QModelIndex
 
 from calibre.gui2.library.delegates import RatingDelegate, PubDateDelegate, \
     TextDelegate, DateDelegate, TagsDelegate, CcTextDelegate, \
@@ -288,6 +289,12 @@ class BooksView(QTableView): # {{{
             old_state['sort_history'] = tweaks['sort_columns_at_startup']
 
         self.apply_state(old_state)
+
+        # Resize all rows to have the correct height
+        if self.model().rowCount(QModelIndex()) > 0:
+            self.resizeRowToContents(0)
+            self.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(self.rowHeight(0))
+
         self.was_restored = True
 
     # }}}

src/calibre/gui2/ui.py

@@ -642,13 +642,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
 
         self.location_view.setCurrentIndex(self.location_view.model().index(0))
 
-
         self._add_filesystem_book = Dispatcher(self.__add_filesystem_book)
-        v = self.library_view
-        if v.model().rowCount(None) > 1:
-            v.resizeRowToContents(0)
-            height = v.rowHeight(0)
-            self.library_view.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(height)
         self.keyboard_interrupt.connect(self.quit, type=Qt.QueuedConnection)
 
     def do_edit_categories(self):

src/calibre/utils/date.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
+import re
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse
@@ -113,3 +114,27 @@ def utcnow():
 
 def utcfromtimestamp(stamp):
     return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(stamp).replace(tzinfo=_utc_tz)
+
+def format_date(dt, format):
+    ''' Return a date formatted as a string using a subset of Qt's formatting codes '''
+    def format_day(mo):
+        l = len(mo.group(0))
+        if l == 1: return '%d'%dt.day
+        if l == 2: return '%02d'%dt.day
+        if l == 3: return dt.strftime('%a')
+        return dt.strftime('%A')
+
+    def format_month(mo):
+        l = len(mo.group(0))
+        if l == 1: return '%d'%dt.month
+        if l == 2: return '%02d'%dt.month
+        if l == 3: return dt.strftime('%b')
+        return dt.strftime('%B')
+
+    def format_year(mo):
+        if len(mo.group(0)) == 2: return '%02d'%(dt.year % 100)
+        return '%04d'%dt.year
+
+    format = re.sub('d{1,4}', format_day, format)
+    format = re.sub('M{1,4}', format_month, format)
+    return re.sub('yyyy|yy', format_year, format)