Re: FR: Repeated time stamp, jumping from current time

["Piotr Zielinski" <piotr.zielinski@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Right now we can have a repeated time stamp like this:
>
>  * TODO Do this every month
>   SCHEDULED: <2008-03-01 Sat +1m>
>
>  If I am late and mark the above done on 2008-03-05, the time stamp will
>  automatically jump to 2008-04-01. This is very useful for things like
>  paying monthly bills.
>
>  However, for some tasks, it would make more sense to jump from the date
>  when it is marked done, not from when it is scheduled to be done.

Here are my thoughts on the issue:

I think of SCHEDULED as my personal plan to start doing something at a
specified time.  In this interpretation, having something scheduled
for the past does not make sense, or more precisely, it should be
functionally equivalent to scheduling it for "now" (except that it
reminds you that you're behind schedule).  Therefore, I'd vote for
jumping from the current date, not from the time in the SCHEDULED
timestamp.

Your example of paying a bill is, in my view, a DEADLINE, an
externally imposed requirement.  Since whomever imposed the deadline
on you does not care about your personal scheduling, the jumping in
deadlines should be from the time indicated in the timestamp.

Thanks,
Piotr

 An
>  example is changing my furnace filter. I am supposed to change it once a
>  month, but if I am late for 10 days, the next date to change should be
>  30 days away, not 20 days away.
>
>  Maybe we can use a syntax like this to indicate that:
>
>  <2008-03-01 Sat +=1m>
>
>  Any comments? Thank you.
>
>  Wanrong
>
>
>
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