Re: Bug: Incorrect duration format example in comments in 'org-duration.el' [9.3 (release_9.3 @ /usr/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/org/)]

[Johnson]

Yes, the issue is due to using an older version of Org.

I searched the change log and saw that the compact form is introduced in 
Org 9.4, while mine is 9.3.

Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,
Johnson

On 4/20/2021 9:42 PM, NicolasGoaziou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Johnson <j3soon@gapp.nthu.edu.tw> writes:
>
> > I'm contributing to an org file python parser to correctly parse durations.
> >
> > I found the comments in org-duration.el
> > (https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-duration.el#L31
> > <https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-duration.el#L31>),
> > mentioning that `1d3h5min` is a valid duration format.
> >
> > So, I expect the following should work:
> >
> > M-x eval-expression <RET>
> > (org-duration-string-to-minutes "1d3h5min") <RET>
> I cannot reproduce it. I get 1625.0.
>
> Maybe your Org is too old. So-called "compact" form was introduced after the 
> others.
>
> Regards,