Josef Wolf <j...@raven.inka.de> writes: > On Mo, Mai 12, 2014 at 10:22:02 +0000, Dominic Surano wrote: >> 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> > > By setting it to the current year, I'd loose track of the original year when > the event happened. > I _really_ like the idea of "XXX is %d years old", like it is shown in the > org-anniversary example!
I don't use the diary at all: I keep anniversaries in BBDB. See (info "(org) weekly/daily agenda") for details. Nick
