From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Time estimates time format? Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:24:25 -0400 Message-ID: <877h54p13q.fsf@norang.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5nCO-0006p9-QQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:24:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5nCN-0000P3-Rs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:24:28 -0400 Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:29839 helo=mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5nCN-0000Oz-Q7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:24:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Johan Ekh's message of "Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:58:05 +0200") 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: Johan Ekh Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Johan Ekh writes: > Hi all, > I'm trying to monitor my projects with org-mode. I'd like to make > time estimates for different > activities and then monitor time spent on the activities. In the > manual I found > > > #+PROPERTY: Effort_ALL 0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 > #+COLUMNS: %40ITEM(Task) %17Effort(Estimated Effort){:} %CLOCKSUM > > which works. > > But I'd like to make estimates in days, weeks or even months. And > have spent time displayed in > percentage of the estimate. Is this possible? Not that I'm aware of. I break tasks down and estimate the smaller bits (up to a day). Regards, Bernt