Josef Wolf <jw <at> raven.inka.de> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries:
>
> * Calendar
> ** Birthdays
> *** Somebody
> SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y>
> *** Somebody1
> SCHEDULED:
> %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old
>
> The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as:
>
> Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody
>
> I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the
> event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the
> last event.
>
> The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda.
>
> Any ideas what I am missing here?
>
Make it a deadline instead of a SCHEDULED item and set it to the current
year with the +1y modifier. That way it will only come up a few days before
it's due.
* Calendar
** Birthdays
*** Somebody
DEADLINE: <2014-05-12 Tue +1y>
