From: Ian Barton <lists@manor-farm.org>
To: Fredrik <fredrik@jumans.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Date calculations
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B3B5114.9000703@manor-farm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6DC4A9FE-BA1F-4106-87D7-29985BF09116@jumans.net>
Fredrik wrote:
> I'm using a normal org-file as my contact register so I easier can link
> tasks to a specific person. I have also added events as birthdays to
> each contact but is there some way I can make them show up in the agenda
> with some yearly calculations?
>
> For example a simple birthday reminder can look like this:
>
> * <2006-12-30 ++1y> Happy Birthday!
>
> Is there some clever way I can add a date calculation to it when it
> shows up in the agenda?
>
> * <2006-12-30 ++1y> Happy Birthday %d years!
>
> Regards,
>
You can use diary sexps. Search the manual for "Diary-style sexp
entries". As an example I have:
%%(diary-anniversary 3 1 2000) Ella is %d years old
in one of my org files.
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-30 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-30 12:47 Date calculations Fredrik
2009-12-30 13:08 ` Fredrik
2009-12-30 13:09 ` Ian Barton [this message]
2009-12-30 13:11 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-12-30 14:21 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-12-30 15:05 ` Memnon Anon
2009-12-30 15:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-12-30 15:43 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-12-30 15:58 ` Memnon Anon
2009-12-30 16:08 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-12-30 19:21 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-12-30 19:51 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-12-30 22:41 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-12-30 20:37 ` Memnon Anon
2009-12-30 22:46 ` Ben Finney
2010-01-01 10:32 ` Carsten Dominik
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