Find Comics that shipped this week... how it do it?

[Fred Slota]

Released this week... check.

Released last week... check.

 

What if I want to find earlier weeks?

 

How do the first two work?  I search for this week, and I get books with Cover Dates of 3/1/21, 1/1/21, 11/1/20 and blank.  I search for last week, and I get books with Cover Dates of 12/1/20, 2/1/21, 2/15/21, and blank. What is it searching on?

[Steven L. Dasinger]

You would run a Find with Item Field Cover Date.

Use Is Between.

Set the first date box to your beginning date and the second date box to your ending date.

PS This assumes the Cover Date field has been filed in. Besides just not being added, certain items (like books) may not have a Cover date to be entered.

[Fred Slota]

Thank you for the prompt reply, but I think you missed the subtlety of my question.

 

The canned "Released this week" search is not simply looking for I.[CoverDate] >= "2021-01-01" and I.[CoverDate] <= "2021-01-08".

The canned "Released previous week" search is not simply looking for I.[CoverDate] >= "2020-12-25" and I.[CoverDate] <= "2020-12-31".

 

They both return issues with Cover Dates that span more than a week.

They both return some issues with blank Cover Date fields.

 

So, what are the canned searches searching on?  And can it be extended to find earlier release weeks?

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Hmm.  I think it must be using Street Date instead of Cover Date. Give that a try and see if it works.