From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: formulas in spreadsheet to increase date
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:35:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21851.1313566517@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> of "Tue\, 16 Aug 2011 19\:29\:18 EDT." <CAN_Dec8w4-pV0RA2fPAYspCQBwxTbjbc8=AeurcR=VPxC_W6xg@mail.gmail.com>
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's htat time of year again and I'm putting together course syllabi. I would really love to be able
> to dynamically calculate dates in a spreadsheet, e.g.:
>
> |Topic 1|Date1|Description1|
> |Topic2|Above Date + 7| Description2|
> |Topic3|Above Date + 7| Description3|
>
> Is there a way for me to do that?
As usual in situations like this, you have to start things off with
a field formula for the first date. The column formula then can be
used to calculate all the *other* rows (field formulas override column
formulas - see section 3.5.6, "Column formulas", in the org manual
or evaluate (info "(org) Column formulas") to get there directly).
| Topic 1 | <2011-08-17 Wed> | Description1 |
| Topic2 | <2011-08-24 Wed> | Description2 |
| Topic3 | <2011-08-31 Wed> | Description3 |
#+TBLFM: @1$2=<2011-08-17> :: $2 = <@-1$2> + 7
The column formula says: get the field from the row above and the same
column (@-1$2), interpret it as a date (<..>) and add 7 (days) to it.
The column formula can be simplified to $2 = <@-1> + 7.
If you want to increment by e.g. 10 mins, the increment has to be
calculated as a fraction of a day:
| Topic 1 | <2011-09-18 Sun 10:20> | Description1 |
| Topic2 | <2011-09-18 Sun 10:30> | Description2 |
| Topic3 | <2011-09-18 Sun 10:40> | Description3 |
#+TBLFM: @1$2=<2011-09-18 10:20> :: $2 = <@-1> + 10*(1/24*60))
> Even better would be to be able to do the same thing in headlines,
> e.g.:
> ** 0. <2011-09-13 Tue>[[file:./syllabus/what-is-history-for][What is History For?]]
> ** 1. <Last Date Plus 7> [[file:Syllabus/history-and-the-public-sphere][History and the Public
> Sphere]]
>
> but there I'm in deeper water, I think.
>
So am I.
Nick
> Thanks as always,
> matt
>
>
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> Alternatives:
>
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2011-08-16 23:29 formulas in spreadsheet to increase date Matt Price
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2011-08-17 13:32 ` Matt Price
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