>>> "IR" == Ihor Radchenko writes: > Uwe Brauer writes: >> Which is well expected. So I am wondering, is there a way truly to have >> >> <31.08.2022> interpreted as a org time-stamp? > Timestamp format is hard-coded in Org syntax. See > https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html#Timestamps I see, but I just learned that also <2022-09-01> Is interpreted as a timestamp not only <2022-09-01 Thu> However although I have set (setq org-time-stamp-custom-formats '(" %d.%m.%Y " . " %d.%m.%Y") The day of the week gets always inserted. That is a bit inconsistent I would say. Uwe -- I strongly condemn Putin's war of aggression against the Ukraine. I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. I support the ban of Russia from SWIFT. I support the EU membership of the Ukraine.