Change 'Date' format

realtime99 · September 28, 2023

Hi, when using Zotero Connector to add an item, is there any way to get Zotero to add the date but not the time in the "Date" field so I don't have to manually delete the date?

adamsmith · September 28, 2023

Not really, though note that the time would never appear in citations. Still, we try to strip it on import -- what is an example URL where the date is added with timestamp?

realtime99 · September 29, 2023

I got a time on these:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-ai-writing-college-student-essays/672371/

https://www.chronicle.com/article/chatgpt-is-already-upending-campus-practices-colleges-are-rushing-to-respond

I was using university proxy links, so not sure if that makes a difference.

grahamperrin · 2025-08-03T14:44:05+00:00

I get:

* a date only for the former

* 2023-03-06T13:00:00 for the latter.

Five matching lines. Three of the five:

    <meta property="article:published_time" content="2023-03-06T13:00:00">

    <meta name="parsely-pub-date" content="2023-03-06T13:00:00Z">

    <div class="ArticlePage-byline"><span class="ArticlePage-authorName"><span class="CreativeWorkPage-authorBy">By </span><a class="Link" href="https://www.chronicle.com/author/beth-mcmurtrie" data-cms-ai="0">Beth McMurtrie</a></span><span class="ArticlePage-authorInfo-divider"></span>  <span class="ArticlePage-datePublished">March 6, 2023</span><meta content="2023-03-06T13:00:00Z"></div>

grahamperrin · 2025-08-03T14:48:29+00:00

For a web page (item type), is this a relevant part of code?

https://github.com/zotero/zotero-connectors/blob/08a2ddfb649c2a48a3eca34f4a1b50b3633cd28d/src/common/itemSaver.js#L611-L613