[bug] Problem with insert anniversary agenda function (was Re: org-bbdb-anniversaries gives error 'bad sexp')

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On Jun 13, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Philipp Haselwarter wrote:
>
>> thanks, got it working now (with some fiddling).
>> 
>> looks like `calendar-date-style' is not honored /at all/, if you don't
>> use YYYY-MM-DD format (as stated in the org-bbdb.el header, admittedly),
>> it just blows up in your face :)
>
> While I think the org-bbdb code could be made more forgiving,
> I strongly feel that calendar-date-style is an evil variable,
> especially if it is applied to input.  One should never rely on it.
>
> my 5c.
>
> - Carsten

Although I am likely to agree with you on this, any interactions with
Emacs's diary requires working with it.  

This reminds me of a problem with the insert anniversary function in the
default agenda view ("i a").  This function ignores the
calendar-date-style and inserts dates in the american style, which of
course means that diary entries are quietly ignored if you have
calendar-date-style set to anything other than 'american...

Not a big deal...  I don't use anniversaries *that* often!

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: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1
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