diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py index 5d698f88f9..8e40dc053c 100644 --- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py +++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py @@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog): self.pubdate.setDate(QDate(pubdate.year, pubdate.month, pubdate.day)) timestamp = db.timestamp(self.id, index_is_id=True) + self.orig_timestamp = timestamp self.date.setDate(QDate(timestamp.year, timestamp.month, timestamp.day)) @@ -656,7 +657,8 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog): self.db.set_pubdate(self.id, d) d = self.date.date() d = qt_to_dt(d) - self.db.set_timestamp(self.id, d) + if d.date() != self.orig_timestamp.date(): + self.db.set_timestamp(self.id, d) if self.cover_changed: if self.cover_data is not None: