Looking at the definition of `org-agenda-timerange-leaders' suggests that the second item of the list can be a function.
(defcustom org-agenda-timerange-leaders '("" "(%d/%d): ") "Text preceding timerange entries in the agenda view. This is a list with two strings. The first applies when the range is entirely on one day. The second applies if the range spans several days. The strings may have two \"%d\" format specifiers which will be filled with the sequence number of the days, and the total number of days in the range, respectively." :group 'org-agenda-line-format :type '(list (string :tag "Deadline today ") (choice :tag "Deadline relative" (string :tag "Format string") (function)))) ^^^ However, setting it to a function simply yields a type error since `format' expects a string. This has been a problem ever since the option was introduced in the commit ea258dbdb. It would be nice if org could accept a function, as one would expect from the definition of the concerned option. The function would accept two arguments and return a format-string or a _formatted_ string? Regards. P.S. Please add me to CCs since I don't follow the mailing list.