From: Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@diplan.de>
To: Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: FR: Repeated time stamp, jumping from current time
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:09:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47CE716C.20307@diplan.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47CA327F.3060603@gmail.com>
Wanrong Lin schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Right now we can have a repeated time stamp like this:
>
> * TODO Do this every month
> SCHEDULED: <2008-03-01 Sat +1m>
>
> If I am late and mark the above done on 2008-03-05, the time stamp will
> automatically jump to 2008-04-01. This is very useful for things like
> paying monthly bills.
>
> However, for some tasks, it would make more sense to jump from the date
> when it is marked done, not from when it is scheduled to be done. An
> example is changing my furnace filter. I am supposed to change it once a
> month, but if I am late for 10 days, the next date to change should be
> 30 days away, not 20 days away.
>
> Maybe we can use a syntax like this to indicate that:
>
> <2008-03-01 Sat +=1m>
>
> Any comments? Thank you.
>
> Wanrong
>
>
>
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Hi,
I also have this situation.
Checking for example my fire detectors batteries monthly I do not want to jump to a past date when I forgot to check the last two months and toggle to DONE today.
***** TODO Test Brandmelder [0/4] - Durchführung dokumentieren !!! :@HOME:
SCHEDULED: <2008-03-01 Sa +1m>
Rainer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-05 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-02 4:52 FR: Repeated time stamp, jumping from current time Wanrong Lin
2008-03-02 17:59 ` Piotr Zielinski
2008-03-02 21:33 ` Wanrong Lin
2008-03-05 10:09 ` Rainer Stengele [this message]
2008-03-07 12:13 ` Carsten Dominik
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