Re: [O] [new exporter] adhere org-export-date-timestamp-format?

[Bastien]

Hi Nicolas,

thanks for looking into this.

Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm not convinced by this variable. Back-ends are usually so much
> different that a global variable aiming at formatting a date timestamp
> in any of them doesn't sound very useful.
>
> Though it may be the job of back-ends to provide such a variable
> variable, whenever it makes sense.

Yes, I think it's the job of backends.

> Another option would be to allow to specify an arbitrary timestamp as
> a second, optional, argument to {{{time(...)}}} macro. One could then
> use:
>
>   #+DATE: {{{time(%Y-%m-%d,<2013-01-06 Sun>)}}}

I'm all for allowing macros in "document info" keywords
(i.e. "#+title:" "#+author:" "#+email:" "#+date) though 
I'm not sure if it makes sense for other keywords than
for "#+date", and maybe allowing macro here just for
this use-case is to liberal.

Best,

-- 
 Bastien