From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Horn Subject: Re: Recurring events within date ranges Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38935 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMZvM-0003V5-D4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMZvL-00006c-9o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:44 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:37539) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMZvL-00006Y-0h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:43 -0500 Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so3120593fxm.0 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:35:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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: suvayu ali Cc: org-mode mailing list On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:15 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > How does one specify a recurring timestamp that expires beyond a date ran= ge? > > e.g. > ** Do something > =A0 =A0every Sunday from <2010-09-03 Sun +1w> =A0to <2010-11-07 Sun> but = not beyond. > > I looked at the the diary library briefly, but didn't find anything > obvious. Any suggestions? I saw a recent discussion on the list, but don't remember the conclusion. I don't think expiring events are possible currently. When I no longer need a repeated task, I simply remove the repeater cookie (+1w in your example above), mark the task as done for the final time, and archive it. Jeff --=20 Jeffrey Horn Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 jhorn@gmu.edu jrhorn424@gmail.com http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/