From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug: Effort vs column "day" impedence mismatch [8.2.10
 (release_8.2.10 @ c:/Users/yhluc00/emacs/share/emacs/24.4/lisp/org/)]
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:07:10 +0100
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To: yary <not.com@gmail.com>
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Hello,

yary <not.com@gmail.com> writes:

> In general, would like the formatting of a time interval in column mode
> to respect "org-effort-durations" when it is summarizing effort
> durations. Below is a specific example.
>
> Using the default "org-effort-durations" variable and default column
> mode settings, the following buffer shows a confusing total:
>
> | Task            | Estimate |
> |-----------------+----------|
> | * Estimate      |  1d 8:00 |
> | ** Little Thing |       1d |
> | ** Big Mess     |       3d |
>
>
> vvv effort_days.org vvv
>
> #+COLUMNS: %40ITEM(Task) %12Effort(Estimate){:}
>
> * Estimate
>
> ** Little Thing
>    :PROPERTIES:
>    :Effort:   1d
>    :END:
>
> ** Big Mess
>    :PROPERTIES:
>    :Effort:   3d
>    :END:
>
> ^^^ effort_days.org ^^^
>
> The mis-match is due to "Effort" days being an 8-hour workday, whereas
> the Column-view day is a 24-hour calendar day. I would like all the days
> to be 8-hour work days, including the total, resulting in:
>
> | Task            | Estimate |
> |-----------------+----------|
> | * Estimate      |       4d |
> | ** Little Thing |       1d |
> | ** Big Mess     |       3d |

You can modify the "d" entry in `org-effort-durations' so it becomes
1440 minutes instead of 480. You may also want to modify "m" and "y".


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou