Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes: Yep, I told you I use ISO almost exlusively :-) (slightly) off-topic: What settings can I tweak to make sure that ISO dates are used everywhere in Emacs and Org? (everywhere that's practical, I mean) -- Thanks David
[O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
Hi, 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. Thx, marcel [1] http://orgmode.org/manual/The-date_002ftime-prompt.html -- Marcel van der Boom -- http://hsdev.com/mvdb.vcf HS-Development BV-- http://www.hsdev.com We use bitcoin! -- http://bitcoin.org
Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
Hi Marcel, 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. Thx, marcel [1] http://orgmode.org/manual/The-date_002ftime-prompt.html Not tested, but I would try to play with: #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq calendar-date-style 'iso) ;; or 'european #+end_src Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban
Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
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. Thanks again, marcel -- Marcel van der Boom -- http://hsdev.com/mvdb.vcf HS-Development BV-- http://www.hsdev.com We use bitcoin! -- http://bitcoin.org
Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
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
Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
Nick Dokos writes: (untested) I believe you can enter dates in european dot notation: 2013.2.3 I don't know any place in Europe using such a format, the one that is used at least here is D[D].M[M].[YY[YY]] (but it also suffers from the same sort of potential ambiguity and confusion that plagues the american M[M]/D[D][/YY]). 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. Yes (assuming this is ISO8601 we're talking about). As another bonus, it does sort correctly without jumping through burning hoops. Regards, Achim. -- +[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]+ SD adaptations for KORG EX-800 and Poly-800MkII V0.9: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KorgSDada
Re: [O] Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ?
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de wrote: Nick Dokos writes: (untested) I believe you can enter dates in european dot notation: 2013.2.3 I don't know any place in Europe using such a format, the one that is used at least here is D[D].M[M].[YY[YY]] (but it also suffers from the same sort of potential ambiguity and confusion that plagues the american M[M]/D[D][/YY]). Yep, I told you I use ISO almost exlusively :-) Sorry for the confusion. Nick
