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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the best way to set #+DATE to today's date?
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 06:31:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150807043113.GE28462@chitra.no-ip.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFyQvY1AnUKLPvuY1_LON60SZdT6e98JHGpL+eA_jaJRkOcziw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 01:00:31PM -0400, Kaushal wrote:
> > Why don't you just use a timestamp?
> 
> But that would need me to insert the timestamp manually each time before
> exports
> 
> > You can update whenever you want or using
> >    (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time))
> > at the right spot.
> 
> Wouldn't that too need manual navigation to #+date: and then eval that
> elisp form?

Why are you setting it if you want it to be today?  If no DATE field is
set, date is today, at least for LaTeX export.

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-07  4:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-06 16:33 What is the best way to set #+DATE to today's date? Kaushal
2015-08-06 16:44 ` Rasmus
2015-08-06 17:00   ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 17:41     ` Rasmus
2015-08-06 18:18     ` John Kitchin
2015-08-06 19:25       ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 19:45         ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 19:50           ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 19:58             ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 20:51               ` [PATCH] " Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 21:22                 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 21:48                   ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 21:54                     ` Fabrice Niessen
2015-08-06 22:12                       ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-07  8:53                         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-07 14:01                           ` Kaushal
2015-08-07 14:20                             ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-07 14:52                               ` Kaushal
2015-08-11 18:40                           ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-11 22:59                             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-07  4:31     ` Suvayu Ali [this message]
2015-08-06 18:12 ` Nick Dokos

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