Hi MIchael,

the automatic reset of the starting date for a second time stamp on works
if the command `org-time-stamp' is invoked twice in direct succession.  So
if you press `C-c  .'  to insert a time stamp, and then you press it
immediately again, the magic will take its course.  This is probably the
situation that you remember.

However, if you use %T in a template, then `last-command' is `org-capture',
and the time stamp command does not know that you are making a range.  I
could, by looking back and finding <...>-- , but that is not implemented.
You might be better off Using an empty template and then inserting both
time stamps with `C-c .' - which will make it easy to also directly choose
the starting date.

Carsten

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> the subject is a bit fuzzy, so let me depict an example use case:
> creating an appointment for a multi-day conference. I use a capture
> template with the placeholder %T for that (I use the same template for
> single day appts, which occur more often.). Then I adjust the inserted
> time stamp, add --, press C-. and add the second time stamp.
>
> So far, good. The itching point is that the calendar view for the second
> time stamp starts today, again, not at the date of the first time stamp.
> I can dimly remember -or I think I do ;)- that that was different in the
> past, maybe with a different template. Any ideas for a 'grey ointment'
> that stops the itching?
>
> Regards
> hmw
>
>