From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominic Surano Subject: Re: How to specify birthdays? Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20140512214229.GB18283@raven.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjyem-0005kh-E2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 18:25:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjyeg-0001iu-6F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 18:25:12 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57354) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjyeg-0001fn-0J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2014 18:25:06 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjyed-0007ik-QK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 00:25:04 +0200 Received: from 141.248.2.39 ([141.248.2.39]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 00:25:03 +0200 Received: from sk8ingdom by 141.248.2.39 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 00:25:03 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Josef Wolf raven.inka.de> writes: > > Hello, > > I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries: > > * Calendar > ** Birthdays > *** Somebody > SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y> > *** Somebody1 > SCHEDULED: > %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old > > The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as: > > Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody > > I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the > event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the > last event. > > The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda. > > Any ideas what I am missing here? > Make it a deadline instead of a SCHEDULED item and set it to the current year with the +1y modifier. That way it will only come up a few days before it's due. * Calendar ** Birthdays *** Somebody DEADLINE: <2014-05-12 Tue +1y>