* Computing dates in properties?
@ 2016-07-08 4:01 Jay Iyer
2016-07-08 8:37 ` Philip Hudson
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From: Jay Iyer @ 2016-07-08 4:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi,
Is it possible to perform simple calculations in properties like in the
example below? If so, please provide pointers.
Thanks,
-jay
** Headline 1
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: headline_1
:DATE: [2016-07-07 Thu]
:END:
** Headline 2
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: headline_2
*:DATE: [date from headline 1 + 3 days]*
:END:
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* Re: Computing dates in properties?
2016-07-08 4:01 Computing dates in properties? Jay Iyer
@ 2016-07-08 8:37 ` Philip Hudson
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From: Philip Hudson @ 2016-07-08 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jay Iyer; +Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist
On 8 July 2016 at 05:01, Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to perform simple calculations in properties like in the
> example below? If so, please provide pointers.
> Thanks,
> -jay
>
> ** Headline 1
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_1
> :DATE: [2016-07-07 Thu]
> :END:
>
> ** Headline 2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_2
> :DATE: [date from headline 1 + 3 days]
> :END:
One way would be to use org-capture's %^ and %(lisp-function-call) syntax.
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Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net
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