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From: Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de>
Subject: Arthur Dent born in May?
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Hello,

this might be an important glitch in org-mode's documentation:

%%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Arthur Dent is %d years old

probably should read

%%(diary-anniversary 05 14 1956) Arthur Dent is %d years old

if Douglas Adams had May in mind for Mr Dent.

So according to the Emacs documentation the format is "month day year" =20=

which feels distinctly alien to me (I am used to "day month year"). Is =20=

there another way to have the same functionality with a different date =20=

format?

Warm regards,
  Stefan
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