[Orgmode] Re: FR: Repeated time stamp, jumping from current time

[Rainer Stengele]

Wanrong Lin schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Right now we can have a repeated time stamp like this:
> 
> * TODO Do this every month
>  SCHEDULED: <2008-03-01 Sat +1m>
> 
> If I am late and mark the above done on 2008-03-05, the time stamp will
> automatically jump to 2008-04-01. This is very useful for things like
> paying monthly bills.
> 
> However, for some tasks, it would make more sense to jump from the date
> when it is marked done, not from when it is scheduled to be done. An
> example is changing my furnace filter. I am supposed to change it once a
> month, but if I am late for 10 days, the next date to change should be
> 30 days away, not 20 days away.
> 
> Maybe we can use a syntax like this to indicate that:
> 
> <2008-03-01 Sat +=1m>
> 
> Any comments? Thank you.
> 
> Wanrong
> 
> 
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Hi,

I also have this situation.
Checking for example my fire detectors batteries monthly I do not want to jump 
to a past date when I forgot to check the last two months and toggle to DONE 
today.

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Rainer