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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=default; t=1586119030; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=xKbW+evrjre5AODy/8rkzqtU/n8UxauJynrSTWbvXfk=; b=c++suDTOse/DBS6fXjTzk90hD8FSCwSogDV660SZCFWnPeacBKF20LffTfLsjSUAcBcmQd OJapUDuLDj0jZkaq9nOy/VhJAmhRPwGkjEYeOLrzCnLpNraP2nCR2opW3WTel7eDlEQOPC V1pIe+p4ZcWSu8/VBSvhrRsT6veYZEE= ARC-Seal: i=1; s=default; d=yhetil.org; t=1586119030; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=H0uXBzUljoAzLsK/1gOHRGHXPJRydEYpHQN6e2HyTmHrRoGufWRDQoQXiRqw5dB2A+WQKX xKVdkz9K0xCWk7U8zubeniWQpYlV0LZ2Fknc0stCn7SARLgkyDIdmOUIDhPfTSQcbdYjvC PX4toPrCS713T6mNqkmv3T24xxXWFK4= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx2.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=pobox.com header.s=sasl header.b=c3hE/J Q; dkim=pass header.d=kyleam.com header.s=mesmtp header.b=hl1QAZlY; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx2.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Scanner: scn0 X-Spam-Score: -1.21 Authentication-Results: aspmx2.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=pobox.com header.s=sasl header.b=c3hE/J Q; dkim=pass header.d=kyleam.com header.s=mesmtp header.b=hl1QAZlY; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx2.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Scan-Result: default: False [-1.21 / 13.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; GENERIC_REPUTATION(0.00)[-0.58503748707874]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:209.51.188.0/24:c]; IP_REPUTATION_HAM(0.00)[asn: 22989(0.33), country: US(-0.01), ip: 209.51.188.17(-0.59)]; ARC_SIGNED(0.00)[i=1]; MX_GOOD(-0.50)[cached: eggs.gnu.org]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[pobox.com:+,kyleam.com:+]; MAILLIST(-0.20)[mailman]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FORGED_RECIPIENTS_MAILLIST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:22989, ipnet:209.51.188.0/24, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[larch=yhetil.org]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[kyle@kyleam.com,emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[pobox.com:s=sasl,kyleam.com:s=mesmtp]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kyleam.com]; HAS_LIST_UNSUB(-0.01)[]; RCVD_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[8]; FORGED_SENDER_MAILLIST(0.00)[] X-TUID: EBATNw3/trro Hi Bala, Bala Ramadurai writes: > I am working on a org-capture-template and one of the entries is a date (30 > days later) I want in European format. > > My solution is this: > | *Due Date*: %(concat (substring (org-read-date nil nil "+30d") 8 10) "-" > (substring(org-read-date nil nil "+30d") 5 7) "-" (substring(org-read-date > nil nil "+30d") 0 4)) | > > Although this does the job, it is extremely inelegant and only reflects my > poor knowledge in elisp. > > Can any of you please help me in making this code better? Does the job is the important part :) One thing you could do that'd make it a little nicer to my eyes is let-binding (org-read-date nil nil "+30d") result to avoid calling it three times. Here's another approach: (format-time-string "%d-%m-%Y" (time-add (days-to-time 30) nil))