Re: Recurring tasks and arbitrary properties

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>>
>> Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> writes:
>>
>>> a task like this behaves like a recurring task, i.e. if I set the task
>>> state to DONE it is automatically switched back to TODO. Is that the
>>> intended behaviour?
>>>
>>> * TODO task1
>>>   :PROPERTIES:
>>>   :FOO: <2017-03-12 Sun ++1w>
>>>   :END:
>>
>> Historically, location of regular (i.e., non scheduled non deadline)
>> active time stamps in an entry has always been sloppy. In particular,
>> Org Agenda happily processes active time stamps in properties drawers.
>>
>> IMO, this shouldn't be the case, but I can see a use for it and doing
>> otherwise would probably break a lot of documents for little benefit.
>>
>> So, yes, this is the intended behaviour.
>
> hmm, what's a good way to work around that? Removing, let's say, the
> brackets before storing that value?

Couldn't you use inactive time stamps?

Regards,