From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
To: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to properly set up reminders for paying cellphone fees in org?
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:02:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87imhh4lc7.fsf@kyleam.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+A2iZb6r5YgR9pvJtZFCcAaTc5kV=U=K5fEps-nsojbNiwqsQ@mail.gmail.com>
Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf@gmail.com> writes:
> I need to pay a fee by every 28th of the month, and I want this task
> to show up in the agenda from the 20th of the next not paid month.
>
> What's the proper DEADLINE format?
>
> DEADLINE: <2020-02-28 Sun .+1m -10d> ?
> DEADLINE: <2020-02-28 Sun -10d .+1m> ?
Those are equivalent. Though you might consider whether you'd prefer
'+' or '++' for this rather than '.+'. See (info "(org)Repeated tasks")
if you're not aware of the differences.
And note that a utility like datefudge or libfaketime is useful for
testing these sorts of things out. For example:
$ datefudge "2020-02-18" emacs [...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-30 5:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-30 4:19 How to properly set up reminders for paying cellphone fees in org? Vladimir Nikishkin
2020-04-30 5:02 ` Kyle Meyer [this message]
2020-04-30 6:22 ` Vladimir Nikishkin
2020-04-30 22:04 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-05-02 7:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
2020-05-02 8:12 ` tomas
2020-05-02 11:46 ` Marcin Borkowski
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