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From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Bug? Multi day event with times
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:03:51 -0500
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To: Detlef Steuer <steuer@hsu-hh.de>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2020, Detlef Steuer wrote:

> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:49:55
> From: Detlef Steuer <steuer@hsu-hh.de>
> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Cc: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Bug? Multi day event with times
>
> Am Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:14:25 +0100
> schrieb Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>:
>
> > Hi Detlef,
> >
> > Detlef Steuer <steuer@hsu-hh.de> writes:
> >
> > > Stumbled upon this:
> > >
> > > ( emacs 26.3, org-contrib-plus 20191118, linux)
> > >
> > > In my orgfile I have:
> > > ** some travel
> > >    <2020-01-30 Do 10:00>-<2020-02-01 Sa 16:00>
> > >
> > > In the agenda that is shown as:
> > > Donnerstag 30 January 2020
> > >   unsorted:   10:00-11:00 (1/3):  some travel
> > > Freitag    31 January 2020
> > >   unsorted:   (2/3):  some travel
> > > Samstag     1 February 2020
> > >   unsorted:   16:00-17:00 (3/3):  some travel
> >
> > I'm not sure what's not working as expected here.
> >
> > Can you restate it again?
>
> Hi Bastien,
>
> the travel has a *time range*, but both times are used as *time stamps*
> with default length 1h, only the date part is used as a range.
>
> In the original case I tried to put the leaving times of my booked
> railway connections into the range hoping to see:
>
> Donnerstag 30 January 2020
>   unsorted:   10:00 (1/3):  some travel
> Freitag    31 January 2020
>   unsorted:   (2/3):  some travel
> Samstag     1 February 2020
>   unsorted:   16:00 (3/3):  some travel
>
> I understand, why is shown what is shown.
> But maybe there is room for improvement.
>
> May be:
> Donnerstag 30 January 2020
>   unsorted:   10:00-23:59 (1/3):  some travel
> Freitag    31 January 2020
>   unsorted:   (2/3):  some travel
> Samstag     1 February 2020
>   unsorted:   00:00-16:00 (3/3):  some travel
>
> Or
> Donnerstag 30 January 2020
>   unsorted:   10:00- (1/3):  some travel
> Freitag    31 January 2020
>   unsorted:   (2/3):  some travel
> Samstag     1 February 2020
>   unsorted:   -16:00 (3/3):  some travel
>
> Is there a way to achieve one of the above?
>
> Thanks
> Detlef
>
There's a duration command in orgmode, but it handles at most 24 hours or
less.  If that duration could cross midnight, I think you could use that
and solve this problem.

> > >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
>
>

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