I found it again: "If the headline contains a timestamp, it is removed from the link, which results in a wrong link—you should avoid putting a timestamp in the headline." https://orgmode.org/manual/Handling-Links.html#FOOT28 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > this iirc has been obsolete for many years and ime and on ml never was > an issue. i tried to find out why it was mentioned but did not find > anything. it might have been an ambiguity in the manual to do with > active tses like in your example? e.g. the agenda will remove the > active ts at least in certain cases, but that is a deliberate feature. > > i successfully rely on inactive as below. they are sorted by the ts. > a capture template inserts them. > > much better than date trees for my case. always show, sorted at > bottom, no hierarchy, nothing out of sync, can scan and bisect to find > an entry or get a sense of number, can change a ts and sort again, > looks the same in the agenda, etc. > > > ***** LOG [2021-07-01 Thu] vulcans mediating with klingons > ***** LOG [2021-06-28 Mon 15:44] brawl. scottie of course :(. > ***** LOG [2021-06-28 Mon 15:44] hauled away AS garbage? > ***** LOG [2021-06-28 Mon 15:44] klingons said garbage scow > > > On 6/28/22, Ypo wrote: > >/I think I've read somewhere that it is a "bad practice" to use dates in/ > >/headlines, is it correct? I haven't found it in the manual./ > > > >/Like:/ > > > >/**** <2022-06-29 mi. 10:30> Meeting/ > > > >/Best regards/ > > > *From*: Samuel Wales > *Subject*: Re: Dates in headlines > *Date*: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:23:02 -0700 >