From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ? Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:08:04 -0500 Message-ID: <4539.1359493684@alphaville> References: <20130129193653.6460d3b5@hsdev.com> <86ehh3u5cg.fsf@somewhere.org> <20130129213725.08b96621@hsdev.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37619) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0ISv-0004bO-UD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0ISu-0003Ze-5C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:37 -0500 Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:44515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0ISu-0003Yi-07 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Marcel van der Boom of "Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:37:25 +0100." <20130129213725.08b96621@hsdev.com> 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: Marcel van der Boom Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Marcel van der Boom wrote: > > > On Tue 29-Jan-2013 21:00 > "Sebastien Vauban" wrote: > > > Marcel van der Boom wrote: > >> The date/time prompt, as described at [1], helps me a lot to quickly > >> go over items and (re-)schedule or put a deadline to them. > >> It has bitten me a couple of times though where I typed > >> '3-2' where my intention was to put it at the 'third of february' and > >> ended up with something at the 'second of march'. > >> > >> Is there some way I could adapt the interpretation? The date > >> format 'd-m-y' is wired into my hands apparently. > [...] > > > > Not tested, but I would try to play with: > > > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > > (setq calendar-date-style 'iso) ;; or 'european > > #+end_src > > Thanks for the suggestion. It does not make a difference. A quick > grep/glance in the org-mode code confirms that. > (untested) I believe you can enter dates in "european dot" notation: 2013.2.3 but iirc you are not allowed to leave out the year. Another possibility is feb 3 FWIW, I find ISO notation (with its left-to-right decrease in significance, mirroring that of numbers) the most sensible arrangement, and now use it almost exclusively. Nick