From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joost Kremers Subject: Timestamp format questions Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:15:55 +0200 Message-ID: <20100607121554.GA500@vpn-2151.gwdg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44496 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OLbFM-0001gL-8D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:16:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLbFH-0001Ca-9B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:16:04 -0400 Received: from amailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.18]:46211) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLbFH-0001C2-2v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:15:59 -0400 Received: from vpn-2151.gwdg.de ([134.76.2.151]) by mailer.gwdg.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLbFE-000376-IZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:15:56 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi all, Being a long-time Emacs user, I've finally decided to take the plunge and try org-mode. I'm still in the process of figuring out what the best way is for me to use it, (and I suspect I'll need a few more weeks to do so ;-) but I'm wondering about timestamps, especially about how to represent certain things that seem to me rather common but aren't discussed explicitly in the manual. Most pressing: how can I say that a certain event occurs every week on a certain day and time, but only for a limited period? E.g., for classes I teach I want to be able to say 'this class takes place from April 8 through July 8, every Thursday from 12.00 to 14.00. If I write: <2010-04-08 Thu 12:00-14.00 +1w> I get the correct time and interval, but of course it doesn't stop at the correct date. However, if I write <2010-04-08 Thu 12:00-14.00 +1w>--<2010-07-08 Thu> then it shows up *every day* in the agenda view, not just on Thursdays. (That actually looks like a bug to me, but perhaps I'm doing something wrong.) Also, is there a way to say that a certain event that occurs every week does not occur on one specific date? For example, I teach a class every Thursday, but the Thu. 13th of May was Ascension Day, so the class was cancelled. I would like the event to not show up on such days. BTW, I'm using Aquamacs 2.0, (org-version) says "6.33x", in case that's relevant. TIA Joost -- Dr. Joost Kremers Georg-August-Universität Seminar für Deutsche Philologie Käte-Hamburger-Weg 3 D-37073 Göttingen