Calibre: Difference between “Date” and “Published”

Question

When editing the metadata of a book on Calibre, there are two fields that seem to have the same meaning: "Date" and "Published". What's the difference between the two?

Answer 1

"The lookup names are pubdate (publication date) and date (calibre's "Date" column, usually the date you added the book to calibre)."

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