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DateList classifier

Classifier plugin for sorting by date. By default, sorts by 'Date' metadata. Dates are assumed to be in the form yyyymmdd or yyyy-mm-dd.

The following table lists all of the configuration options available for DateList.

Option	Description	Value
DateList Options
metadata	(REQUIRED) The metadata that contains the dates to classify by. The format is expected to be yyyymmdd or yyyy-mm-dd. Can be a comma separated list, in which case the first date found will be used.	Default: Date
sort	An extra metadata field to sort by in the case where two documents have the same date.
reverse_sort	Sort the documents in reverse chronological order (newest first).
bymonth	Classify by year and month instead of only year.
nogroup	Make each year an individual entry in the horizontal list, instead of spanning years with few entries. (This can also be used with the -bymonth option to make each month a separate entry instead of merging).
no_special_formatting	Don't display Year and Month information in the document list.
Options Inherited from BaseClassifier
buttonname	The label for the classifier screen and button in navigation bar. The default is the metadata element specified with -metadata.
no_metadata_formatting	Don't do any automatic metadata formatting (for sorting.)
builddir	Where to put the built indexes.
outhandle	The file handle to write output to.	Default: STDERR
verbosity	Controls the quantity of output. 0=none, 3=lots.	Default: 2