try (org-read-date)? It seems to return a string after you select the date.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (org-read-date) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : 2014-11-28 Sascha Ziemann <cev...@gmail.com> writes: > This: > > http://jcardente.blogspot.de/2010/06/org-mode-hack-tasks-done-last-month.html > > inspired my to do this: > > (defun org-done-view (&optional offset) > "Shows all TODOs, which are done." > (interactive "nOffset: ") > (let ((offset (or offset 0))) > (let ((t0 (calendar-current-date offset)) > (t1 (calendar-current-date (+ offset 1)))) > (org-tags-view nil > (format "CLOSED>=\"[%s-%s-%s]\"+CLOSED<=\"[%s-%s-%s]\"" > (calendar-extract-year t0) > (calendar-extract-month t0) > (calendar-extract-day t0) > (calendar-extract-year t1) > (calendar-extract-month t1) > (calendar-extract-day t1)))))) > > How can I open a calendar to pick a date? > > Regards, > Sascha > > 2014-11-26 20:44 GMT+01:00 John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu>: > > I am not sure how to do this through the agenda, but here is a way > to > find headlines in the current file that were closed today. You > could > wrap this in a loop over the files in your agenda list. It is a > little > clumsy on the time comparisons but it works ;) > > * Getting items done today > > ** DONE item 1 > CLOSED: [2014-11-26 Wed 13:09] DEADLINE: <2014-11-26 Wed> > > > > ** DONE item 2 > CLOSED: [2014-11-25 Tue 13:09] DEADLINE: <2014-11-26 Wed> > > > ** Mapping entries to find what closed today. > > First, we look at a timestamp comparison function. > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (org-time= "<2014-11-26 Wed>" "<2014-11-26 Wed>") > #+END_SRC > > #+RESULTS: > : t > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (org-map-entries > (lambda () > (let* ((closed (org-entry-get (point) "CLOSED")) > (today (format-time-string "<%Y-%m-%d>"))) > (when closed > (when > (org-time= > today > (let ((parts (org-parse-time-string closed))) > (format "<%s-%s-%s>" > (nth 5 parts) ; year > (nth 4 parts) ; month > (nth 3 parts) ; day > ))) > (message-box "Found a closed task: %s" > (org-heading-components))))))) > > #+END_SRC > > #+RESULTS: > | nil | Found a closed task: (2 2 DONE nil item 1 nil) | nil | nil > | > > > > > > > Sascha Ziemann <cev...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to get a list of all items done today. I tried to open > the > > agenda view but is does not show anything. What is the right > command > > to see the items done today? > > > > Regards, > > Sascha > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------- > John Kitchin > Professor > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > -- ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu