From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Re: How to debug "Specified time is not representable" Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 13:50:37 +0200 Message-ID: <2011-10-03T13-48-08@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <2011-09-30T16-30-44@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <81lit6rskb.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44501) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAh2y-0006oi-UG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:51:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAh2v-0008QV-8s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:51:00 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:38693) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RAh2v-0008QR-3A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:50:57 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RAh2r-0001Se-Ug for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:50:53 +0200 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:50:53 +0200 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:50:53 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi! * Jambunathan K wrote: > Karl Voit writes: > >> When I get «Specified time is not representable» while creating the >> Agenda view, I want to get more information *where* the problem is. >> >> I found [1] and following and so I got it that there is no way of >> managing timestamps before 1970 :-( >> >> Is there a way to get to the problematic time stamp? >> 1. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00729.html > > Hope you have looked at C-h v org-read-date-force-compatible-dates Meanwhile: yes. I do not want to use timestamps outside of UNIX epoch. I just wanted to *locate* the culprit. > A simple M-x grep-find on .org files for the year should work. I do not know the year. > You may also try > M-x debug-on-entry RET ding RET > Look at the backtrace and see whether you can get some clues. Sorry, no clue. > Works best if your orgmode is not compiled When I have compiled Orgmode, should I delete all *.elc files? -- Karl Voit