{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/150","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/150/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/150/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/150/events","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biber/issues/150","id":190169725,"number":150,"title":"Breaking change in 2.6: year vs. date","user":{"login":"bersbersbers","id":12128514,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12128514?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers","html_url":"https://github.com/bersbersbers","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-11-17T21:29:52Z","updated_at":"2016-11-17T21:44:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Since version 2.6, \"biber --tool --output-format=bibtex\" combines \"year\" and \"month\" fields into \"date\" fields, which \"bibtex\" does not understand. The \"year\" field is missing. The changelog (https://github.com/plk/biber/blob/dev/Changes) says:\r\n\r\n> 2.6    (2016-09-10)\r\n>        * Improved tool mode bibtex output. This has some normalisation\r\n>          consequences for YEAR and custom fields. See PDF doc.\r\n\r\nHowever, the PDF doc (http://ctan.mackichan.com/biblio/biber/documentation/biber.pdf) says nothing about that in the \"Important changes\"\r\n\r\nLacking time to read the 55-pages documentation completely, I need to ask here: How can I maintain the \"year\" field in bibtex output?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/comments/261379302","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biber/issues/150#issuecomment-261379302","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biber/issues/150","id":261379302,"user":{"login":"bersbersbers","id":12128514,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12128514?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers","html_url":"https://github.com/bersbersbers","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bersbersbers/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-11-17T21:44:36Z","updated_at":"2016-11-17T21:44:36Z","body":"I user biber to process and clean up a .bib file. I thought this is what \"biber --tool --output-format=bibtex\" is for, and it worked quite well. I guess I can deal with a \"date\" field, but my bst file (spbasic.bst) does not expect the date field to contain anything but the year."}}
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