Hi Michael, Please check the purpose of SCHEDULED in org-mode:
http://orgmode.org/manual/Deadlines-and-scheduling.html It is exactly what you mean by starting at a day or later. For a fixed date, just drop a timestamp inside a heading. Regards, .j. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:38:26PM +0200, Michael Hintz wrote: > IMHO it needs a 3nd date-mode. I use deadline for all thinks > that have to be done until the deadline-date. I use scheduled > for a fix date ... > > and what about thinks that could start at a date "or later". > > I tried to fix it by using a time for fix and no time for > non-fixed or has-to-be-start dates, but this is no solution, > because there are todos that have to be done on a fix-time and > others only on a fix day.
