Re: [Orgmode] Re: timestamp with repeater interval

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 25, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Matt Lundin wrote:

> Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:11:34 +0200, Rainer Thiel <address@hidden 
> > jena.de> wrote:
>
> > > > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#org-diary-class
> > >
> > > This would be exactly what I need -- if it really worked.  It does  
> > > not
> > > for me, probably because I haven't really understood how it is
> > > supposed to work.  I should have expected that an entry like this:
> > >
> > > * TODO Class 10:00am-12:00am
> > > <%%(org-diary-class 10 18 2010 2 12 2011 3)>
> > >
> > > in one of my agenda files would make show up an agenda entry every
> > > Wednesday between Oct 18th, 2010 and Feb 12, 2011 in my agenda.  But
> > > this is not the case, nothing shows up.  What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > What is wrong (if you can call it that) is that the actual argument
> > list to the org-diary-class function depends on the settings of a
> > couple of variables: calendar-date-style and/or
> > european-calendar-style.

I have been wondering for many years: What was Edward M. Reingold
thinking when he made this horrible decision.  I mean, local
dependencies when parsing plain text dates - I guess there is
no way around it.  But in a function call?  Sequence of arguments?
What?????

Cheers

- Carsten

> > As I have the former set to 'iso, in my case
> > I need to specify dates in the Y M D order:
> >
> > * TODO Class 10:00am-12:00am
> > <%%(org-diary-class 2010 10 18 2011 2 12 3)>
> >
> > You may need to do the same.
> >
> > I've cc-ed the org-mode list for others to be aware of this as well.
>
> Thanks for this clarification Eric. I updated the FAQ accordingly.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
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