On Jan 18, 2009, at 12:26 AM, David Bremner wrote:

>
> Bernt Hansen wrote:
>> Sorry for the confusion - I meant active timestamps _outside_ of the
>> DEADLINE: or SCHEDULED: entries.
>
> [snip]
>
>> but if I add an active timestamp to it like this it does show up
>
>> ,----[ test.org ]
>> | * DONE Some task
>> |   DEADLINE: <2009-01-10 Sat> CLOSED: [2009-01-17 Sat 16:19]
>> |   - State "DONE"       [2009-01-17 Sat 16:19]
>> |   <2009-01-10 Sat>
>> `----
>
> OK, thanks for explaining things for me. So it looks like I should use
> DEADLINE instead of plain timestamps.

That, or also set org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-done to t.  Before you  
do,
however, I recommend that you go back to the manual and read again
what exactly a plain time stamp, a scheduled, and a deadline entry
are meant to mean.  In particular, check out section 8.3.

- Carsten