From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josef Wolf Subject: Re: How to specify birthdays? Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:07:51 +0200 Message-ID: <20140513070751.GC18283@raven.inka.de> References: <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]:53666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk6qu-0004OQ-2R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:10:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk6qs-0002uV-BV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:10:16 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([2001:7c0:407:1001:217:a4ff:fe3b:e77c]:42229 helo=mail.inka.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk6qs-0002tB-4I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:10:14 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 On Mo, Mai 12, 2014 at 10:22:02 +0000, Dominic Surano wrote: > Make it a deadline instead of a SCHEDULED item and set it to the current > year with the +1y modifier. That way it will only come up a few days before > it's due. > > * Calendar > ** Birthdays > *** Somebody > DEADLINE: <2014-05-12 Tue +1y> By setting it to the current year, I'd loose track of the original year when the event happened. I _really_ like the idea of "XXX is %d years old", like it is shown in the org-anniversary example! -- Josef Wolf jw@raven.inka.de