Re: mark as done on a previous date?

[Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com>]

> Interesting. I couldn't get yours to work as I expected either, and
> decided to try =org-todo-yesterday=, and couldn't get _that_ to work as
> I expected either, which I thought was strange so I dug a bit deeper. I
> tested with =emacs -q foo.org= and added the following entry (I did this
> on the 30th of December):
>
> ,----
> | * TODO Testing 123
> |   SCHEDULED: <2016-12-27 Tue .+1m>
> |   :PROPERTIES:
> |   :STYLE:    habit
> |   :END:
> `----
>
> After using =org-todo-yesterday= I ended up with:
>
> ,----
> | * TODO Testing 123
> |   SCHEDULED: <2017-01-29 Sun .+1m>
> |   - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-12-30 Fri 16:29]
> |   :PROPERTIES:
> |   :STYLE:    habit
> |   :LAST_REPEAT: [2016-12-30 Fri 16:29]
> |   :END:
> `----
>
> I now see (finally!) that the *re-scheduling* works as I would expect,
> but the LAST_REPEAT and state change logging still uses the actual time.
> I would have expected both those to use the 29th rather than the 30th as
> well. Perhaps this is just my expectation that needs adjusting, but this
> breaks org-habit's graphing of my consistency. Perhaps I just have to
> get in the habit of ticking stuff off on the day I do them... :-)

Hi Stig,

I think your expectation is right.  There is another thread in this
mailing list about the same topic AFAICT.  Hopefully something reliable
will emerge.


Ciao