Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I execute org-store-link (C-c l) on a header line that contains an inactive timestamp---that is, one with square brackets instead of angle brackets---and then try to use that link with org-insert-link (C-c C-l) at some other location in the same file, the resulting link is malformed and not recognized by org. EdK Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.23) of 2014-07-28 on dl Package: Org-mode version 8.3beta (release_8.3beta-240-g88101e @ /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p )