Re: suggestion: automatically recording entry creation date

["Tim O'Callaghan" <timo@dspsrv.com>]

2009/11/3 Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org>:
> Ilya Shlyakhter (ilya_shl@alum.mit.edu) wrote:
>> A frequently-needed task is to find recently created entries.  Right
>> now I do this by manually pasting a date into each entry,
>> and using the timeline agenda.
>> Maybe, there are better ways?  E.g. have the option to automatically
>> record a property, "Creation-date", when an entry is created.
>> There would be much clutter if every entry had a :PROPERTIES: line.
>> But maybe there could be an option to hide the :PROPERTIES:
>> lines completely, unless it contained some user-defined properties.
>>
>> Or, creation date could be stored as a text property, to avoid
>> clutter, for long-running emacs sessions.   But it would be lost when
>> the file is closed.
>> Maybe at file-closing time it could be converted to a normal property
>> in the :PROPERTIES: drawer.
>>
>> Or maybe there are other options?
>
> This would be useful to me too.  It would be valuable not just for
> finding recently created ones, but for sorting any generated list of
> entries by creation date.  This would for example make it easier to
> ensure that entries don't get stale with age.
>
> Bernt's approach is nice, but I agree that a completely clutter-free
> solution (i.e. :PROPERTIES: drawers completely hidden by default)
> would be extremely nice.
>

I have a :CREATED: LOGBOOK property set up in all of my remember templates:

("Task" ?t
         "* TODO %?\n:LOGBOOK:\n:CREATED:%U:\n:END:\n"
         "~/org/0_inbox.org" "TASKS")

Tim.