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Re: Is this proper time format?


From: David Masterson
Subject: Re: Is this proper time format?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:04:10 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux)

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>  To assist project planning, TODO items can be labeled with a date
>> -and/or a time.  The specially formatted string carrying the date and
>> +and/or a time purposes like when an event happens, a deadline for a
>> +task, or tracking time spent on a task as described in later sections
>> +of this chapter.  The specially formatted string carrying the date and
>>  time information is called a /timestamp/ in Org mode.
>
> What about:
>
>     To assist project planning, TODO items can be labeled with a date
>     and/or a time.  The specially formatted string carrying the date and
>     time information is called a /timestamp/ in Org mode.  This may be
>     a little confusing because timestamp is often used as indicating when
>     something was created or last changed.  However, in Org mode this term
>     is used in a much wider sense.
>
>     Timestamps can be used to plan appointments, schedule tasks, set
>     deadlines, track time, and more.  The following sections describe
>     the timestamp format and tooling that Org mode provides for common
>     use cases dealing with time and time intervals.

I agree with your change.  I'm often minimalist in my changes (especially when
I'm trying not to rock the boat), but that's not always good.  If that's
it, make the change in both files and we can call it a day.  :-)

-- 
David Masterson



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