From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: How to specify birthdays? Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:40:56 +0800 Message-ID: <87tx8u4frr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20140512214229.GB18283@raven.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51204) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk1fP-0004y2-Ln for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 21:38:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk1fG-0001xC-Rg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 21:38:03 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59620) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk1fG-0001ww-KY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 21:37:54 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk1fF-0005T0-DB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:37:53 +0200 Received: from 114.248.20.237 ([114.248.20.237]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:37:53 +0200 Received: from eric by 114.248.20.237 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:37:53 +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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Dominic Surano writes: > Josef Wolf raven.inka.de> writes: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries: >> >> * Calendar >> ** Birthdays >> *** Somebody >> SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y> >> *** Somebody1 >> SCHEDULED: >> %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old >> >> The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as: >> >> Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody >> >> I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the >> event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the >> last event. >> >> The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda. >> >> Any ideas what I am missing here? >> > > Make it a deadline instead of a SCHEDULED item and set it to the current > year with the +1y modifier. That way it will only come up a few days before > it's due. > > * Calendar > ** Birthdays > *** Somebody > DEADLINE: <2014-05-12 Tue +1y> Deadlines and schedules are generally for things that require an action on your part, and thus will continue to show up in the agenda as un-acted-upon if you don't do anything. Usually, for things like birthdays, you just use a plain timestamp (no scheduled or deadline), and then you can just see it coming in the usual org agenda. I don't think there's any other way to give a specific warning about an upcoming timestamp, though... Eric