Timestamps with a repeater and an end date

Timestamps with a repeater and an end date

[Emily Bourke]

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Hi,

Is there a way in org to have timestamps with both a repeater and an end date?

I tried <2024-11-29 Fri 11:30-12:00 +2w>--<2025-01-10 Fri>, intending that to mean “11:30-12:00, every two weeks, starting on 2024-11-29 and ending on 2025-01-10”, but it seems org mode (org-version 9.7.11) interpreted this instead as every day between those dates, ignoring the repeater.

Is there a way to represent this kind of date range? I’ve looked in the manual but can’t find it.

If not, would anyone be against supporting it? (Any complaints about that meaning for syntax?)

Best wishes,
Emily

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Re: Timestamps with a repeater and an end date

[Fraga, Eric]

Response below/inline for email Emily Bourke wrote:
> (original email sent 10 Jan 2025 at 09:25)
> 
> Is there a way in org to have timestamps with both a repeater and an end date?

No, there isn't.

The recommended way to achieve what you want is to create an entry for
the first occurrence and then use

M-x org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift RET

to create the full set of entries you want.  This also allows you to,
for instance, remove the odd entry so gives you more flexibility than a
simple repeater.

I use this for lectures in a term.

-- 
: Eric S Fraga, with org 9.7.17-3ae179 in Emacs 31.0.50