From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Timestamp format questions
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:13:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100608091337.GA2054@vpn-2160.gwdg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ljaq8z4x.fsf@fastmail.fm>
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 02:40:30PM -0400, Matt Lundin wrote:
> You can use diary sexps to schedule more complex appointments.
>
> ,---- (info "(org) Timestamps")
> | DIARY-STYLE SEXP ENTRIES
> | For more complex date specifications, Org mode supports using the
> | special sexp diary entries implemented in the Emacs calendar/diary
> | package. For example
> |
> | * The nerd meeting on every 2nd Thursday of the month
> | <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
> `----
>
> See also the following FAQ entry:
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#diary-sexp-in-org-files
Thanks! It seems, though, that this is a very new function, Aquamacs' Org-mode
doesn't contain it... I guess I'll have to find out how to update the Org-mode
that comes with Aquamacs...
> The function org-diary-class nicely covers the scenario above:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * 12:00-14:00 Weekly class
> <%%(org-diary-class 4 8 2010 7 8 2010 4)>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#org-diary-class
Is it still possible to schedule the time of the event as well?
(I'm a bit surprised, though, that the format is `Month Day Year', when normally
Org-mode uses `Year Day Month'... ;-)
> > Also, is there a way to say that a certain event that occurs every
> > week does not occur on one specific date? For example, I teach a class
> > every Thursday, but the Thu. 13th of May was Ascension Day, so the
> > class was cancelled. I would like the event to not show up on such
> > days.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * 12:00-14:00 Weekly class
> <%%(org-diary-class 4 8 2010 7 8 2010 4 19)>
> ;; iso number of the week to skip
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Great, thanks!
Joost
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Joost Kremers
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-08 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-07 12:15 Timestamp format questions Joost Kremers
2010-06-07 18:40 ` Matt Lundin
2010-06-08 9:13 ` Joost Kremers [this message]
2010-06-08 16:32 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-06-08 19:17 ` Joost Kremers
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