* Bug?: Table spreadsheet: Inactive dates
@ 2012-09-26 0:44 Daniel E. Doherty
2012-09-28 16:23 ` Bastien
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From: Daniel E. Doherty @ 2012-09-26 0:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
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All,
I notice that in a table, I can use active timestamps, do arithmetic
with them, and get meaningful results. However, if I use inactive
timestamps, I get different results. I prefer the way active timestamps
work, since I can easily do date arithmetic with them.
The problem with active timestamps is that they pollute the agenda.
Imagine a table with 100 rows of timestammps, all the same date.
* Tables with dates
** Active timestamps
| Begin | End | Days |
|------------------------+------------------------+----------|
| <2012-09-24 Mon> | <2012-09-25 Tue> | 1 |
| <2012-09-25 Tue 17:50> | <2012-09-25 Tue 19:37> | 0.074305 |
#+TBLFM: $3=@$2-@$1
** Inactive timestamps
| Begin | End | Days |
|------------------------+------------------------+------------------|
| [2012-09-24 Mon] | [2012-09-25 Tue] | [-1, Tue - Mon] |
| [2012-09-25 Tue 17:50] | [2012-09-25 Tue 19:37] | [0, 0, 321:1850] |
#+TBLFM: $3=@$2-@$1
It seems to me that they ought to behave the same, but I would normally
want inactiv timestamps when doing calculations.
Regards,
Dan
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* Re: Bug?: Table spreadsheet: Inactive dates
2012-09-26 0:44 Bug?: Table spreadsheet: Inactive dates Daniel E. Doherty
@ 2012-09-28 16:23 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2012-09-28 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel E. Doherty; +Cc: Org-mode List
Hi Daniel,
Daniel E. Doherty <ded-law@ddoherty.net> writes:
> I notice that in a table, I can use active timestamps, do arithmetic
> with them, and get meaningful results. However, if I use inactive
> timestamps, I get different results. I prefer the way active timestamps
> work, since I can easily do date arithmetic with them.
You can now (from the maint branch) use inactive time-stamps.
Thanks for reporting this,
--
Bastien
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