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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Repeating timestamps with a finish date
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:31:04 -0400
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Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au> writes:

> Is there a way to get timestamps that repeat (say weekly) up to a
> certain date when it stops repeating?=C2=A0 I have a weekly appointment t=
hat
> will only go for the next 8 weeks and I don't want to have to input
> each appointment separately and I don't want it cluttering up my diary
> beyond it's end date.

Though you can't yet do this with org-mode timestamps, you can use a
diary sexp. Does the following FAQ help?

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#org-diary-class

Best,
Matt