From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: request re default year in date Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:25:56 +0100 Message-ID: <08CF3F8E-034B-4AFC-BE1C-82FE6FAFD81B@science.uva.nl> References: <20071016113725.6a32ce70@dhcp-296-6> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IowiR-00087k-VH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:49:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IowiQ-00085G-3l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:49:47 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IowiP-00084x-UE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:49:45 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IowiO-0002E0-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:49:45 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IowiN-0006aM-PX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:49:44 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so954289ugf for ; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:49:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20071016113725.6a32ce70@dhcp-296-6> 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: John Rakestraw Cc: emacs-orgmode On 16Oct2007, at 5:37 PM, John Rakestraw wrote: > Hi -- > > [[resending because I sent earlier from different email address.]] > > As I begin to schedule meetings and tasks for the next calendar > year, I > find that the default year (if I say, for example, jan 7) is the > current calendar year. Of course, that's what the documentation > says it > will be, but .... > > I wonder if we could have at least an option for the default year > to be > the next year if one is inserting a date that's already past for this > calendar year -- in my case, at least, if I'm now inserting the > date jan > 7 -- or even sep 30 -- it's much more likely that I'm wanting the date > from 2008 than from 2007. > > I know that the 2008 date is only two keystrokes away -- i.e., I can > type "sep 30 8" at the prompt and get <2008-09-30 Tue> -- so I can > live > with it the way it is. Just looking to have the program think the > way i > think, I guess ;) Hi John, excellent suggestion, this will be in 5.14, maybe even on by default. - Carsten