Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org> writes: > theo <theocr...@theocrite.org> writes: > >> Hello, >> >> On 12/04/2011 00:42, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >>> I was once one of the many people who apparently originally >>> misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an >>> appointment time. >> >> That's what I do. >> >> Maybe I lack background, but why do you think it's not appropriate for >> this use? > > So when it comes to TODO like things, SCHEDULED is when you should start > working on it, DEADLINE is when it's due. > > One side effect of doing it "wrong" is that non-TODO items that are > SCHEDULED stay on your agenda forever (or until archived, and still > forever with archive view on), which is nasty.
There is a nice FAQ on this: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#scheduled-vs-deadline-vs-timestamp Best, Matt