I often change timestamps with S-Left or S-Right when the cursor is at the point immediately following the timestamp:
<2011-08-03 Wed .+1d> ^ cursor here When I call S-Left or S-Right at this point, the cursor jumps to the last character of the day of week abbreviation: <2011-08-04 Thu .+1d> ^ cursor now here The cursor does not jump if it is already located within the brackets. Best, Matt