From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Thum Subject: Re: [bug] org-agenda-write does not handle date stamps without day of week Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:04:22 +0100 Message-ID: <4F6499E6.2090001@gmx.de> References: <2012-03-05T15-36-35@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8tL1-0002hg-01 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:06:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8tKz-0004g6-9e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:06:26 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:44941) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8tKy-0004fw-W8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:06:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <2012-03-05T15-36-35@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> 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: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Cc: Karl Voit , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Karl, why don't you add something like an "xx" day which will probably please org-mode - in my tests org ignored the weekday. I concluded it's there for viewing convenience, and editing (C-.) always got me the right DOW. I don't use org2ical, however. Cheers, Simon On 03/05/2012 03:44 PM, Karl Voit wrote: > Hi! > > I verified the behavior below with the most current git version of > Org-mode. > > Whenever I call my function to export the current agenda, it > «converts» events that do have a beginning and end time to events > that span the whole day (without begin and end times at all). > > ,----[ my LISP command to export ] > | (defun vk-export-agenda() > | "Exports monthly Org-mode agenda to agenda.ics file" > | (interactive) > | (org-agenda-list nil nil 60) > | (org-agenda-write "~/org/agenda.ics") > | ) > `---- > > I traced down the problem to this: > > *<2012-03-05 Mon 08:00-09:00> works fine > *<2012-03-05 Mon 8:00-9:00> works fine too > > *<2012-03-05 08:00-09:00> Wrong: ends up as full day event > > Unfortunately, I do have certain mechanisms that generate parts of > my Org-mode files where I skip the day of the week. Org-mode in > general is able to handle date stamps without day of week pretty > well. But whenever I export it to ics (in order to send it to > Google), I end up with a messed up online agenda. > > I guess that org-agenda-write is the one to blame. It would be very > handy to me if somebody could fix that issue. > > Let me know, if you need any further information! > > Thank you very much! >