"Stephen J. Eglen" <sj...@cam.ac.uk> writes:
> When I use this package on icalendar attachments, it creates entries
> that look like this:
>
> ...
> <2024-02-22 18:30-20:00>
>
> Note that the timestamp DOES NOT include a day of the week. With the
> default settings of org-time-stamp-formats, i.e.
>
> ("%Y-%m-%d %a" . "%Y-%m-%d %a %H:%M")
>
> this means that the agenda does not show this entry -- which defeats the
> purpose of me saving the icalendar entry! If I manually add the dayname
> then the agenda item appears.
<2024-02-22 18:30-20:00> is a valid timestamp. Agenda not handling it is
an oversight that should be fixed.
That said...
> (format "<%s %s-%s%s>" start-date start-time end-time repeat)
>
> which does not include the dayname.
could certainly be improved. Having a day name increases readability.
Also, we may change the format in future, adding time zones as well.
I recommend using `org-time-stamp-format' when creating Org mode
timestamps or even `org-element-timestamp-interpreter'.
--
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