Re: odt export of subtree: set/suppress the date in the export

[CM <mail@christianmoe.com>]

I cannot reproduce either problem, though I seem to remember some
difficulty with changing date fields in the past. What Org version are
you using?

You can turn the use of date fields in LibreOffice on or off with
org-odt-use-date-fields. With date fields set to t:

- Setting :EXPORT_DATE: in the subtree and exporting the subtree results
  in an ODT export with that date in the header, not today's date.

- Inspecting the date field shows that the date is "fixed". (In
  LibreOffice, right-click the date and select "Fields" from the popup
  menu.)

- Indeed, the date remains unchanged when I do "Update all" or export
  to PDF from LibreOffice does indeed keep the same date.

Yours,
Christian

Steinar Bang writes:

>>>>>> Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>:
>
>> Does setting the subtree's :EXPORT_DATE: property to the date of the
>> meeting do what you're looking for?
>
> Nope.  Still outputs the date of the export.
>
> And since writing the posting I've discovered another annoying property
> of the date: it will switch to the current date at any time of saving of
> the odt document (eg. when doing a "Save as PDF").
>
> So I think what I want is to zap that date stamp alltogether, to save me
> from having to delete it in the odt file before creating a PDF from it.