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From: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What is the proper way to set the time span for a diary-float
 appointment?
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:45:21 +0100
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To: Robert Horn <rjhorn@panix.com>
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Hi Robert

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 16:29, Robert Horn <rjhorn@panix.com> wrote:
> I wanted to set up a regular meeting that would appear in the agenda
> grid. =A0I discovered that the following works:
>
> ... Regular Meeting 13:00-14:00
> <%%(diary-float t 2 1)>
>
> This creates a first tuesday of each month meeting, from 1300h to 1400h.
> This works because the default for the
> org-agenda-search-headline-for-time is t.
>
> Is there a better way to do this? =A0It seems odd to split the date from
> the time. =A0I didn't find anything that combines the date rules of
> diary-float with the ability to also specify a time interval.

One possibility is
* Regular Meeting
  SCHEDULED: <%%(diary-float t 2 1) 13:00-14:00>

Michael