Problem : original-date export to biblatex not working

coulmont

Hi,

I use zotero to manage my bibliography and then I export it to a .bib biblatex file.

I have read here that in order to get the "origdate" field in a .bib exported file, I need to put "original-date:" in the Extra field on Zotero...

But in my exported .bib file I get
note = {original-date: 1972}, ...
instead of
origdate = {1972},

What I am doing wrong ?

Thanks.

xorino

For me putting this in the Extra field works:

tex.origdate: 1972

original-date: 1972 Should work well based on the links below. But I have the same problem as you. Hope @emilianoeheyns could help.

The "solution" of tex.origdate is problematic because the original date is added to the bibtex file but Zotero does not recognize it. So if you use the zotero plugin inside libreoffice or any other word processor, the original date won't be reflected in the citations or references (and the same problem appears when you try to "Create Bibliography from item" inside Zotero).

I am using Zotero 7 with the latest betterbibtex: 6.7.226

https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/exporting/extra-fields/
https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/1696

bwiernik

Are you exporting with the “Better BibTeX” format, rather than the stock BibTeX format?

coulmont

Indeed, with the "Better BibTex" plugin and export-format, I manage to create a bibliography ! Thank you. [Zotero 7 with the current betterbibtex plugin]

xorino

@bwiernik I think I am exporting to Better BibTeX format, but I am not sure. Could you tell me where should I look?

bwiernik

When you are exporting, is the format you are choosing called “Better BibTeX” or just “BibTeX”.

“BibTeX” (no Better) is Zotero’s built-in export format intended primarily for data transfer, and it doesn’t extract CSL fields from the Extra field

xorino

It is in Better BibTeX format