Re: Shifting only past timestamps

[Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>]

Hi Edward,

Edward Guyatt <edwardguyatt@gmx.co.uk> writes:

> I like to be reminded to check my post on Mondays and Thursdays, every
> week. When I've done it on Monday, I mark it 'DONE' so that I can stop
> org-mode reminding me until Thursday. Here's how I used to achieve
> this:
>
> *** URGENT [#A] Check post                                      :important:
> DEADLINE: <2015-07-27 Mon +1w -0d>
> DEADLINE: <2015-07-30 Thu +1w -0d>

This is, I believe, technically invalid by the current standards of Org
syntax.  See http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html under "Clock,
Diary Sexp, and Planning"; planning elements have to be on the same
line, and I am pretty sure you can't have two deadlines.  I am surprised
Org operates on the second one at all.

I solve this problem by just having two different headlines, each with
their own deadline, like:

*** URGENT [#A] Check post                                      :important:
DEADLINE: <2015-07-27 Mon +1w -0d>

*** URGENT [#A] Check post                                      :important:
DEADLINE: <2015-07-30 Thu +1w -0d>

I know it may not seem terribly elegant, but it's simple, and it's the
only way I can think of to have the deadlines recur on fixed days of the
week.  (If that's not important to you, you could use habits instead of
two headlines.)

Best,
Richard