export of formatted date macro fails

export of formatted date macro fails

[Robert Klein]

Hi,

when I export a formatted date via the {{{date}}} macro _and_ use e.g.
commas and/or spaces, I only get the first component in the exported
file (tested for HTML and PDF export).


E.g. in my document I have a date:

#+DATE: [2008-11-09 Sun 11:00]


and later the macro

{{{date(%A, %B %e, %Y)}}

The exported document only has the "Sunday" (%A) part of the date.

Same for {{{date(%A,%B%e,%Y)}}.


So far I see (org-timestamp-format timestamp "%A, %B %e, %Y") works for
a timestamp created by (org-element-timestamp-parser).

I don't understand the macro code at all (e.g.. org-macro-replace-all).


Versions are:

Org mode version 9.1.1 (release_9.1.1-7-g226d2f
@ /home/roklein/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/)

GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-openbsd, GTK+ Version 2.24.31) of
2017-09-26


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Best regards
Robert

Re: export of formatted date macro fails

[Kaushal Modi]

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On Wed, Sep 27, 2017, 8:52 AM Robert Klein <roklein@roklein.de> wrote:

>
> and later the macro
>
> {{{date(%A, %B %e, %Y)}}
>
> The exported document only has the "Sunday" (%A) part of the date.
>
> Same for {{{date(%A,%B%e,%Y)}}.
>

, is used as Org macro arguments separator. So that needs to be escaped
with a backslash.

Try:

{{{date(%A\, %B %e\, %Y)}}

> --

Kaushal Modi

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Re: export of formatted date macro fails

[Robert Klein]

Hi,

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:21:14 +0000
Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017, 8:52 AM Robert Klein <roklein@roklein.de> wrote:
> 
> >
> > and later the macro
> >
> > {{{date(%A, %B %e, %Y)}}
> >
> > The exported document only has the "Sunday" (%A) part of the date.
> >
> > Same for {{{date(%A,%B%e,%Y)}}.
> >  
> 
> , is used as Org macro arguments separator. So that needs to be
> escaped with a backslash.
> 
> Try:
> 
> {{{date(%A\, %B %e\, %Y)}}
> 

you're so right.  IIRC I use it in some files, too.  *Banging my head
on the wall*


Thank you very much!!

Best regards
Robert