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From: Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
Subject: Re: Computing dates in properties?
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 09:37:38 +0100
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To: Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com>
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On 8 July 2016 at 05:01, Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to perform simple calculations in properties like in the
> example below?  If so, please provide pointers.
> Thanks,
> -jay
>
> ** Headline 1
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_1
> :DATE: [2016-07-07 Thu]
> :END:
>
> ** Headline 2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_2
> :DATE: [date from headline 1 + 3 days]
> :END:

One way would be to use org-capture's %^ and %(lisp-function-call) syntax.

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