From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:36:03 -0500 Message-ID: <87wpcscsdo.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> References: <87k28scv0i.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53120) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cdmoz-0000zC-6O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:47:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cdmow-0004Dl-5W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:47:45 -0500 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=40148 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cdmov-0004Ca-Tw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:47:42 -0500 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cdlhg-0007Lw-7F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:36:08 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Uwe Brauer writes: > Hi > > I have an org file which is full of time-stamps from last year stuff > like <2016-11-14 Sat>. I thought I could easily modify/edit the time > stamp but I cannot, every time I move the cursor into such a stamp, I > cannot edit as I wish. It looks as if that entry is somehow blocked. > You mean you cannot change it at all? > Of course I could switch the mode say to text mode and then edit the > entry, but what could I do within orgmode? > You should be able to change it with ordinary editing commands (it's just text, albeit with text properties). Or you could do S- on individual fields to change them (that runs org-timestamp-up/down which knows e.g. to increment the year when the month is incremented from 12 to 1 and also knows to change the name of the day of the week). -- Nick