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author | Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> | 2012-10-15 08:38:54 +0200 |
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committer | Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> | 2012-10-15 08:38:54 +0200 |
commit | 6fae77a8d6c33199eb66666f51e507ba981622a8 (patch) | |
tree | 46fb36f74ace6a39afb4b090bf63b56033e94955 | |
parent | 23aa91025973f1bd351f90adab4f85cdaecaaa6c (diff) | |
download | org-mode-6fae77a8d6c33199eb66666f51e507ba981622a8.tar.gz |
Fix date prompt documentation
* doc/org.texi: Explain that date/time information at read-date prompt should
start at the beginning, not anywhere in the middle of a long string.
-rw-r--r-- | doc/org.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index c8f0afb..a6509af 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -5630,10 +5630,9 @@ the following column). @vindex org-read-date-prefer-future When Org mode prompts for a date/time, the default is shown in default date/time format, and the prompt therefore seems to ask for a specific -format. But it will in fact accept any string containing some date and/or -time information, and it is really smart about interpreting your input. You -can, for example, use @kbd{C-y} to paste a (possibly multi-line) string -copied from an email message. Org mode will find whatever information is in +format. But it will in fact accept date/time information in a variety of +formats. Generally, the information should start at the beginning of the +string. Org mode will find whatever information is in there and derive anything you have not specified from the @emph{default date and time}. The default is usually the current date and time, but when modifying an existing timestamp, or when entering the second stamp of a |