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From: Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it>
Subject: Re: property values and timestamps
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:36:48 +0200
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Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> Skip Collins <skip.collins@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I store a timestamp in a property. 

You can  use a capture template:

(setq org-capture-templates (quote (("a" "vArious" entry (file+headline
"c:/myfile.org" "Appt") ":PROPERTIES:
:Birthday:  %^u
:END:))))

hth
Giovanni