emacs--- via "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> writes:
> My use case is very niche and be solved by changing my custom latex date > command by renaming it as for example \mydate. > > Adding extra options like with_date:nil seems overkill for this small issue. I agree; I think we shouldn't change basic behavior for more advanced usages unless it's something many people are interested in and we keep a backward compatibility. > A second option would be is to analyze the data format in the org file. > If for example the date is specified as > #+date: {day}{something} The thing is \date is a macro with one parameter, a string. That's way \date{} doesn't do anything and \date{\today} prints today's date where \today return today's date as a string. Starting to introduce new kinds of inputs - e.g. {y}{m}{d} - to the \date macro would just confuse people, I think. Daniel