Re: [O] How to specify birthdays?

[Dominic Surano]

Josef Wolf <jw <at> raven.inka.de> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries:
> 
> * Calendar
> ** Birthdays
> *** Somebody
>     SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y>
> *** Somebody1
>     SCHEDULED:
>  %%(org-anniversary 1970  5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old
> 
> The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as:
> 
>   Calendar:   Sched.358x:  Somebody
> 
> I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the
> event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the
> last event.
> 
> The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda.
> 
> Any ideas what I am missing here?
> 

Make it a deadline instead of a SCHEDULED item and set it to the current 
year with the +1y modifier. That way it will only come up a few days before 
it's due.

* Calendar
** Birthdays
*** Somebody
    DEADLINE: <2014-05-12 Tue +1y>