request re default year in date

request re default year in date

[John Rakestraw]

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Hi --

As I begin to schedule meetings and tasks for the next calendar year, I
find that the default year (if I say, for example, jan 7) is the
current calendar year. Of course, that's what the documentation says it
will be, but ....

I wonder if we could have at least an option for the default year to be
the next year if one is inserting a date that's already past for this
calendar year -- in my case, at least, if I'm now inserting the date jan
7 -- or even sep 30 -- it's much more likely that I'm wanting the date
from 2008 than from 2007.

I know that the 2008 date is only two keystrokes away -- i.e., I can
type "sep 30 8" at the prompt and get <2008-09-30 Tue> -- so I can live
with it the way it is. Just looking to have the program think the way i
think, I guess ;)

-- 
John Rakestraw

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Re: request re default year in date

[Bastien]

John Rakestraw <jar34@georgetown.edu> writes:

> I wonder if we could have at least an option for the default year to be
> the next year if one is inserting a date that's already past for this
> calendar year -- in my case, at least, if I'm now inserting the date jan
> 7 -- or even sep 30 -- it's much more likely that I'm wanting the date
> from 2008 than from 2007.

Just in case you don't know: When C-c . you can already jump from one
month to another with the S-M-<left/right> keys. 

-- 
Bastien

request re default year in date

[John Rakestraw]

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Hi --

[[resending because I sent earlier from different email address.]]

As I begin to schedule meetings and tasks for the next calendar year, I
find that the default year (if I say, for example, jan 7) is the
current calendar year. Of course, that's what the documentation says it
will be, but ....

I wonder if we could have at least an option for the default year to be
the next year if one is inserting a date that's already past for this
calendar year -- in my case, at least, if I'm now inserting the date jan
7 -- or even sep 30 -- it's much more likely that I'm wanting the date
from 2008 than from 2007.

I know that the 2008 date is only two keystrokes away -- i.e., I can
type "sep 30 8" at the prompt and get <2008-09-30 Tue> -- so I can live
with it the way it is. Just looking to have the program think the way i
think, I guess ;)

-- 
John Rakestraw

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Re: request re default year in date

[Carsten Dominik]

On  16Oct2007, at 5:37 PM, John Rakestraw wrote:

> Hi --
>
> [[resending because I sent earlier from different email address.]]
>
> As I begin to schedule meetings and tasks for the next calendar  
> year, I
> find that the default year (if I say, for example, jan 7) is the
> current calendar year. Of course, that's what the documentation  
> says it
> will be, but ....
>
> I wonder if we could have at least an option for the default year  
> to be
> the next year if one is inserting a date that's already past for this
> calendar year -- in my case, at least, if I'm now inserting the  
> date jan
> 7 -- or even sep 30 -- it's much more likely that I'm wanting the date
> from 2008 than from 2007.
>
> I know that the 2008 date is only two keystrokes away -- i.e., I can
> type "sep 30 8" at the prompt and get <2008-09-30 Tue> -- so I can  
> live
> with it the way it is. Just looking to have the program think the  
> way i
> think, I guess ;)

Hi John,

excellent suggestion, this will be in 5.14, maybe even on by default.

- Carsten