Dominic Surano <sk8ing...@gmail.com> writes: > 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>
Deadlines and schedules are generally for things that require an action on your part, and thus will continue to show up in the agenda as un-acted-upon if you don't do anything. Usually, for things like birthdays, you just use a plain timestamp (no scheduled or deadline), and then you can just see it coming in the usual org agenda. I don't think there's any other way to give a specific warning about an upcoming timestamp, though... Eric
