# Display of dates on the "book" page

**URL:** <https://forum.ctlgs.org/t/display-of-dates-on-the-book-page/242>\
**Category:** books\
**Created:** [October 25, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.ctlgs.org/t/display-of-dates-on-the-book-page/242 "2026-10-25T09:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![steppenwolf\_a\_558](https://forum.ctlgs.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@steppenwolf\_a\_558](https://forum.ctlgs.org/u/steppenwolf_a_558)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.ctlgs.org/t/display-of-dates-on-the-book-page/242/1 "2026-10-25T09:52:41Z")

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At the moment this displays the date of the publication, which makes it difficult to differentiate. Is it possible to display the latest date on the edition, which would usually be the last reprint (though it could also be “republished” or “this edition published”)? For example [Erewhon · Samuel Butler - ctlgs](https://ctlgs.org/c/books/book/412495/erewhon/) has three editions all listed as 1935, when it would seem more sensible to have them as 1935, 1981, and 1985.

Another example is [The Village London Atlas - ctlgs](https://ctlgs.org/c/books/book/827061/the-village-london-atlas/) where the displayed dates make it look as if the fourth printing was published before the second…

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**Author:** ![xceque](https://forum.ctlgs.org/user_avatar/forum.ctlgs.org/xceque/32/79_2.png) [@xceque](https://forum.ctlgs.org/u/xceque)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ctlgs.org/t/display-of-dates-on-the-book-page/242/2 "2026-10-25T14:01:54Z")

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We’ve been achieving this sort of thing by moving the date that makes most sense to appear in that list so that it is the first date in the Edition. I’ve been putting dates into the Editions in descending order.

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**Author:** ![steppenwolf\_a\_558](https://forum.ctlgs.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@steppenwolf\_a\_558](https://forum.ctlgs.org/u/steppenwolf_a_558)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.ctlgs.org/t/display-of-dates-on-the-book-page/242/3 "2026-10-29T09:42:43Z")

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Great… I will do the same…