Re: [O] How to view everything DONE today?

[John Kitchin]

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 <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden>:
>
>     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 <address@hidden> 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
>     >
>     
>     
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>     Professor
>     Doherty Hall A207F
>     Department of Chemical Engineering
>     Carnegie Mellon University
>     Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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>
>

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