From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: git-like parsing of date strings
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:01:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y1ni89op.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJnXXogowXnqv+2omkzif-Mmtc2Tm0d=B6GwUFpqdiNhONu-VQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from John Yates on Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:43:40 -0400)
> From: John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:43:40 -0400
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 10:06 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Try the functions in lisp/calendar/parse-time.el.
>
> parse-time appears to handle only absolute dates.
>
> I need support for relative dates (e.g. yesterday, 3 days ago, etc).
Your OP never said anything about relative dates.
I don't think something like that exists in Emacs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-27 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-27 14:00 git-like parsing of date strings John Yates
2023-03-27 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-27 15:43 ` John Yates
2023-03-27 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-03-27 23:49 ` Tim Landscheidt
2023-03-28 11:04 ` John Yates
2023-03-28 13:31 ` Tim Landscheidt
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