From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josef Wolf Subject: How to specify birthdays? Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 23:42:29 +0200 Message-ID: <20140512214229.GB18283@raven.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44953) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjy6v-0004zW-TE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 17:50:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjy6v-0008Hx-2n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 17:50:13 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([2001:7c0:407:1001:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c]:39418 helo=mail.inka.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjy6u-0008H1-TB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 17:50:13 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline 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 Hello, I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries: * Calendar ** Birthdays *** Somebody SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y> *** Somebody1 SCHEDULED: %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as: Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the last event. The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda. Any ideas what I am missing here? -- Josef Wolf jw@raven.inka.de