foobar2000: sorting tracks by date

Question

How do you sort files by date in an autoplaylist when the date format is something like

2015-09-10 12:37:52

Do you have to convert this date format into another one?

Answer 1

Use %date% to sort autoplaylists by date. Foobar understands the YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format.

To do so, right-click on your autoplaylist tab and select the menü entry Autoplaylist ....
An example could look like this:

You can combine sort-patterns i.e.%directory% - %date%. Or extract and sort by specific time information by using one of these functions:

• $year(time): Retrieves the year part (formatted as four digits) from a time/date string.

• $month(time): Retrieves the month part (formatted as two digits) from a time/date string.

• $day_of_month(time): Retrieves the day of month part (formatted as two digits) from a time/date string.

• $date(time): Retrieves the date part (formatted as YYYY-MM-DD) from a time/date string.

• $time(time): Retrieves the time part (formatted as HH:MM:SS or HH:MM) from a date/time string.

References

• Foobar2000: Title Formatting Reference » Time/Date Functions