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[Orgmode] Re: Entering Old Dates in the Date Time Prompt
From: |
Bernt Hansen |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: Entering Old Dates in the Date Time Prompt |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:05:47 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
Ian Barton <address@hidden> writes:
> I am not sure if this counts as a bug. If I try to enter dates before
> 1970 in the prompt it defaults to the current year. I assume that this
> is to do with Unix dates starting in 1970. The reason for doing this
> is to enter some birth dates in org using the prompt.
Hi Ian,
I use the following entries for birthdays and they work great for me.
(Names and dates changed)
,----[ todo.org - tracking birthdays for the agenda ]
| * Birthdays
| %%(diary-anniversary 4 06 1952) Mickey (%d years old)
| %%(diary-anniversary 5 22 1984) Calvin (%d years old)
| %%(diary-anniversary 6 11 1926) Hobbes (%d years old)
`----
,----[ custom.el settings ]
| (custom-set-variables
| ...
| '(org-agenda-include-diary t)
| ...
| )
`----
-Bernt