Marcel van der Boom <mar...@hsdev.com> wrote: > > > On Tue 29-Jan-2013 21:00 > "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> wrote: > > > Marcel van der Boom wrote: > >> The date/time prompt, as described at [1], helps me a lot to quickly > >> go over items and (re-)schedule or put a deadline to them. > >> It has bitten me a couple of times though where I typed > >> '3-2' where my intention was to put it at the 'third of february' and > >> ended up with something at the 'second of march'. > >> > >> Is there some way I could adapt the interpretation? The date > >> format 'd-m-y' is wired into my hands apparently. > [...] > > > > Not tested, but I would try to play with: > > > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > > (setq calendar-date-style 'iso) ;; or 'european > > #+end_src > > Thanks for the suggestion. It does not make a difference. A quick > grep/glance in the org-mode code confirms that. >
(untested) I believe you can enter dates in "european dot" notation: 2013.2.3 but iirc you are not allowed to leave out the year. Another possibility is feb 3 FWIW, I find ISO notation (with its left-to-right decrease in significance, mirroring that of numbers) the most sensible arrangement, and now use it almost exclusively. Nick