[Remind-Fans] Skip remind in certain years

[Roel Wagenaar]

Dianne Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 May 2016 11:58:18 +0200 Roel Wagenaar <roel at wagenaar.nu> wrote:
> 
> > How can I skip reminds in the years it is not wanted? In the Netherlands
> > liberationday is only once in every five years a public holiday.
> 
> This will issue a reminder only in years that are a multiple of 5:
> 
> REM 6 June SATISFY [($Ty % 5) == 0] MSG Every 5 years!
> 
> If your version of remind fails to evaluate $Ty, it's old and you should use
> this instead:
> 
> REM 6 June SATISFY [(year(trigdate()) % 5) == 0] MSG Every 5 years!
> 
> Adjust the 0 to 1, 2, 3, or 4 as required.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dianne.
> 
> 
> 

Thanks Dianne, I was looking at an OMIT and SKIP solurion, but this is an even
neater solution.

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