fwiw i ran this once: ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "-9999-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 4222846500.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "-0001-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -1035068671.7 ;; oops ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "0000-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -1035594271.7 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "0001-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -1035068671.7 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1000-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -509645791.7 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1776-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -101508031.7 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1900-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -36291900.0 ;; nan on non-64 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1901-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -35766300.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1934-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -18409980.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1960-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -4734300.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1969-12-31 00:00") 60.0) -1020.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1970-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 420.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1980-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 5259300.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "1990-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 10519620.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "2000-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 15778500.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "2010-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 21038820.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "2038-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 35765700.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "2138-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 88360260.0 ;;(/ (org-time-string-to-seconds "9999-01-01 00:00") 60.0) 4222846500.0 ;; nan on non-64
On 6/7/21, Alan Schmitt <alan.schm...@polytechnique.org> wrote: > Hello Richard, > > On 2021-06-07 11:17, Richard Lawrence <richard.lawre...@uni-tuebingen.de> > writes: > >> whoa, that's a weird behavior, but it seems not to be a bug. I learned >> something today! >> >> It looks like some Emacs implementations don't support dates after >> 2038-1-1, so Org doesn't let you specify them by default. See the >> variable `org-read-date-force-compatible-dates'. I think you want to set >> this variable to nil. > > Thanks a lot for pointing to this variable, its docstring is quite > interesting. > > I’m trying the workaround suggested (using a diary sexp, i.e., > "<%%(diary-date 2039 4 2)>" in my case), but I cannot test it (the > agenda for that date won’t build, at the date is outside the range). I > guess this will be fixed by then ;) > > Best, > > Alan > -- The Kafka Pandemic Please learn what misopathy is. https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-diseases-are-wronged.html