Re: Is it possible to show an agenda item only if it's due?

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

PT <spamfilteraccount@gmail.com> writes:

> Matt Lundin <mdl <at> imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> One recommendation:
>> 
>> Create an ":EVENING:" tag and filter it out in the agenda. Or,
>> optionally, create custom agenda commands for day and evening agendas
>> that pull up different results based on tags.
>> 
>
> This wouldn't work, because I have lots of different such times during
> the day which cannot be grouped into 2-3 main categories.
>
> 4pm was only an example. It can be any other time during the day and I only
> want those items to appear when their time is due.

Ah I see. Another idea: write an agenda skip function that converts the
timestamp to universal time and ignores the entry if it is greater than
(current-time). Such as,

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun my-skip-if-later ()
  "Skip entries that are later than the current time."
  (let ((time (or (org-entry-get nil "TIMESTAMP")
		  (org-entry-get nil "SCHEDULED"))))
    (when time
      (if (time-less-p (org-time-string-to-time time) (current-time))
	  nil          ;; less than current time --> include it
	(outline-next-heading))))) ;; otherwise move on

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("A" "Without later items" agenda "" 
	 ((org-agenda-ndays 1)
         (org-agenda-skip-function '(my-skip-if-later))))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Note: this is just a quick example. I haven't tested it and am not sure
whether it breaks something. Also, it would become considerably more
complex if you also wanted to consider time-of-day information in the
heading.

- Matt