From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: bug#9695: allowed date range Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:15:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87y5wp8af8.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> References: <87ty7kd8oh.fsf@kanis.fr> <87ehyiitv7.fsf__48109.1452217244$1318487785$gmane$org@googlemail.com> <87mxd5jqpn.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87lisp9vsm.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <87ipntjpbv.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <009531D7-6FAF-4B1C-80D5-90787542F016@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:32819) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REIK4-0004bK-D3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:15:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REIJz-00006H-Sa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:15:32 -0400 Received: from vscani-e.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.33]:52146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REIJz-000063-OK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:15:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <009531D7-6FAF-4B1C-80D5-90787542F016@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:02:10 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Tassilo Horn , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > On 13.10.2011, at 09:57, Tassilo Horn wrote: > >> Eric S Fraga writes: >> >> Hi Eric, >> >>>> Oh, now I see what's wrong. All time stamps consist of the date and >>>> then the day's name abbreviation, which is missing with your example. >>>> Correct would be >>>> >>>> <2011-10-17 Mon>--<2011-10-30 Sun> >>> >>> Although the day is optional according to the regexp. I would >>> definitely like to have the regexp with the space optional as well as >>> there are cases where I want to type the date in directly (not in org >>> mode for whatever reason). In those cases, it is easy to type >>> 2011-01-01 or whatever but it's not necessarily trivial to determine >>> the day of the week... >> >> Yes, I agree, although you can use org-time-stamp everywhere (in emacs). >> And you can actually insert timestamps simply by writing >> >> <2011-10-13 > >> >> with the whitespace to make it a valid timestamp. That will be shown as >> day entry in the agenda, and you might have typed it in using some >> non-emacs text editor on you phone. > > >> >> Now, back in org-mode, simply S- and S- on any number, and et >> voila, the missing day name abbrev is added automatically. >> >>> Actually, interesting thought experiment: does org actually do any >>> consistency checks, comparing the date and the day of the week? >> >> No, I don't think so. Manipulating and creating timestamps using the >> provided commands ensures their correctness, but for actual calculation >> the day names are ignored. It's just for humans. > > Just to confirm, this is correct. > > - Carsten > so, in that case, it does make sense to allow date stamps without the day! (and I see that Carsten has already provided a patch for this :-) -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.90.1 : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.380.g54d7df.dirty)