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Subject: time range, timestamps // was: docstring typoes in
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> Kyle Meyer wrote:
>=20
> In the future, please send
> generated patches with git format-patch so that they include a commit
> message (see <https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#org31412be>
> for instructions).

Thanks Kyle. Noted.

I am muddling my way through

 [info:org#Creating timestamps]
 [info:org#The date/time prompt]

and see that org-evaluate-time-range does nothing for

<2019-01-04 Fri 11:00-12:15>

which was created using the =E2=80=9C11am+2:15=E2=80=9D style from

=E2=80=94 quote
   You can specify a time range by giving start and end times or by
giving a start time and a duration (in HH:MM format).  Use one or two
dash(es) as the separator in the former case and use =E2=80=99+=E2=80=99 =
as the
separator in the latter case, e.g.:

     11am-1:15pm    =E2=87=92 11:00-13:15
     11am--1:15pm   =E2=87=92 same as above
     11am+2:15      =E2=87=92 same as above

   Parallel to the minibuffer prompt, a calendar is popped up(2).  When
you exit the date prompt,
=E2=80=94 quote ends

exporting that to ASCII in a buffer transforms the time range to

<2019-01-04 Fri 11:00>=E2=80=93<2019-01-04 Fri 12:15>

Now, that formatting put back in the Org buffer does work for =
org-evaluate-time-range, as follows:

<2019-01-04 Fri 12:34>-<2019-01-04 Fri 12:35> 00:01

;; Using the C-u C-c C-y