From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tassilo Horn Subject: Re: Setting recurring deadlines Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:07:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87wsbz5nfo.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <57AC2FA1761300418C7AB8F3EA493C97027B9B2B@HQ-EXCH-5.corp.brocade.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWdMD-0004BA-08 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:07:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWdMC-0004Ak-2I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:07:56 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37736 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWdMB-0004Ad-V6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:07:56 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:48145 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWdMB-0003ps-Hb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:07:55 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LWdM4-0005GH-DC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:07:48 +0000 Received: from p54af2bae.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.175.43.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:07:48 +0000 Received: from tassilo by p54af2bae.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:07:48 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Manish writes: >> I am having trouble with something pretty basic. I am trying to setup >> a recurring deadline on the last day of every month. However, when I >> set it as <2009-02-28 +1m>, the next deadline shows up at 2009-03-28, >> rather than 31st March. >> >> I don't use appt/diary. Is there a way to do this in org-mode? > > Currently not possible to the best of my knowledge. IMHO, including > via diary seems to be a reasonable workaround. I was curious how to get that done, but I couldn't find a diary for "each last day of a month" in diary, too. "Each second thursday in a month" is on emacswiki, but all those complex dates I found are wired to a specific day of the week... Bye, Tassilo