Not a direct answer, but have you found the org-contacts package? https://julien.danjou.info/projects/emacs-packages#org-contacts
It supports the BIRTHDAY property. See the note at bottom of the link above about how it integrates with the agenda. Example: ** Dad :PROPERTIES: :BIRTHDAY: 1955-01-21 :END: On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Josef Wolf <j...@raven.inka.de> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries: > > * Calendar > ** Birthdays > *** Somebody > SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y> > *** Somebody1 > SCHEDULED: > %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old > > > The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as: > > > Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody > > I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the > event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the > last event. > > The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda. > > Any ideas what I am missing here? > > -- > Josef Wolf > j...@raven.inka.de > >
