8 Dates and Times

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		Assigning a time to a tree entry.
• Creating Timestamps		Commands to insert timestamps.
• Deadlines and Scheduling		Planning your work.
• Clocking Work Time		Tracking how long you spend on a task.
• Effort Estimates		Planning work effort in advance.
• Timers		Notes with a running timer.