Re: Deadlines with Time

[Jose Robins <jorobins@yahoo.com>]

There is a customize variable called "org deadline warning days" - Maybe 
this setting has something to do with what you are seeing?

Jose

Florian Beck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sometimes I want to specify a deadline with a certain time.
>
> Without a time, there is no problem. The deadline shows up a couple of
> times earlier, which is fine.
>
> However, when I specify a time like
>   DEADLINE: <2008-08-04 Mon 16:00>
>
> this shows up in the daily agenda of Saturday like this:
>
>                8:00...... ----------------
>               10:00...... ----------------
>               12:00...... ----------------
>               14:00...... ----------------
>               16:00...... ----------------
>   Plan:       16:00...... In   2 d.:  TODO Some Task
>
> This is not helpful, it does not belong in the timetable for today. I
> want the task to show up in the agenda view, just not in the timetable.
> How can I accomplish that?
>
> Also, there is a bug when I add a timestamp to the task:
>
> * TODO Some Task <2008-08-02 Sat 14:00>
>   DEADLINE: <2008-08-04 Mon 16:00>
>
> This is displayed thusly in the agenda view (note the wrong time on the
> second occurance):  
>
>                8:00...... ----------------
>               10:00...... ----------------
>               12:00...... ----------------
>               14:00...... ----------------
>   Plan:       14:00...... TODO Some Task 
>               16:00...... ----------------
>   Plan:       14:00...... In   2 d.:  TODO Some Task
>
> Maybe it does not make much sense to specify a deadline after the
> timestamp. Anyway, I noticed it when playing around.  
>