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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [new exporter] adhere org-export-date-timestamp-format?
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:00:21 +0100
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To: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
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Hello,

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>
>> Would it be desirable if the new exporter took the variable
>> org-export-date-timestamp-format into consideration when formatting
>> dates?  
>
> I think so.  What do you think, Nicolas?

I'm not convinced by this variable. Back-ends are usually so much
different that a global variable aiming at formatting a date timestamp
in any of them doesn't sound very useful.

Though it may be the job of back-ends to provide such a variable
variable, whenever it makes sense.

Another option would be to allow to specify an arbitrary timestamp as
a second, optional, argument to {{{time(...)}}} macro. One could then
use:

  #+DATE: {{{time(%Y-%m-%d,<2013-01-06 Sun>)}}}


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou