Hod Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Is there a way to limit the release date information to just a month/year or just year? There's a lot of games, especially older ones, that I'm struggling to find the exact release date for, so I've got a load of titles being released on January 1st. Apologies if I'm being a bit dim on this, or this question has already been asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kant Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 there is a "Year only" option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hod Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 OK, now I'm being extremely thick, as I'm not seeing that option at all, either when editing or adding a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kant Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 i was directly in the gamedb and try to edit something. can you give us a screenshot how it looks on your side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hod Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Sure. This is essentially the same screen I get whether I'm adding or entering a game into Launchbox. It only allows a DD/MM/YYYY format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 10 hours ago, Hod said: OK, now I'm being extremely thick, as I'm not seeing that option at all, either when editing or adding a game. That screen cap he posted is for the Game DB website. It is not from within Launchbox. Launchbox does not give you the option for just year only when it comes to the game's metadata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hod Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, Retro808 said: That screen cap he posted is for the Game DB website. It is not from within Launchbox. Launchbox does not give you the option for just year only when it comes to the game's metadata. Bum. So we're constrained to the DD/MM/YYYY format? Shame. Thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just now, Hod said: Bum. So we're constrained to the DD/MM/YYYY format? Shame. Thanks anyway. I believe so. I have not seen a way to just use year in the metadata fields within Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kant Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 It would also help everyone if you set the data’s into the database :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaar Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Sorry for bringing up this old topic, but I would like to request this feature as well. The reason for that is very simple, there are thousands of games from the 90s and 80s out there with uncertain release date. Nobody knows for sure when exactly they were released, except the year. Forcing Launchbox users to use a random date that is simple wrong isn't useful at all (and it doesn't look nice too). The better way is to implement a simple (Premium) feature (at least for BigBox) that give the user the choice to switch from a DD/MM/YYYY format to a "Year only" format. This would be such an important feature for me that I would renew my licence instantaneous! And I believe a LOT of people would appreciate it as well. So please @Jason Carr consider implementing this neat little feature for us :) Edited February 16, 2019 by Khaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I am aware of this. I don't consider it a high priority, but it will probably end up on the next community poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bidule200 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 So, was it done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshrugg Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 This would be great for me, personally. I am adding a "Platform" that is really a text adventure interpreter, so adding it to the games database this way would be incorrect. But I still want to put in years for the games with unknown release dates. Just my two cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickshutter Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 I know it's a small thing, but this is something I've always wished I could do. Having to choose between simply leaving the date blank or having a slightly incorrect one has always bothered me, so being able to put just the year or just the year+month is probably the #1 thing I'd like to see added to LaunchBox next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickCulture12 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 i just want the ability to not show the release date at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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