[Remind-Fans] Problem specifying Nth Tuesday of a Month

[Edward Felberbaum]

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question!

>From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>Reply-To: remind-fans at whatexit.org
>To: remind-fans at whatexit.org
>Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Problem specifying Nth Tuesday of a Month
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:43:16 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Edward Felberbaum wrote:
>
> > REM Tue MSG Test Every Tuesday of every month
>Right.
>
> > REM Tue 1 MSG Test First Tuesday of every month
>Right, by coincidence.
>
> > REM Tue 2 MSG Test Second Tuesday of every month
>Nope.  You want: REM Tue 8 MSG...
>
>The number means the first Tuesday on or after the n'th of the month.
>For first weekday, use 1.  For second, use 8; third, use 15 and fourth,
>use 22.
>
>Why did I do it this weird way?  Well, consider specifying "The
>Tuesday after the second Monday in a month."  In Remind, that's a
>no-brainer:
>
>REM Tue 9 MSG Tuesday after second Monday in every month.
>
>Subtle, eh? :-)


Wouldn't it be eaiser to simply specify the second Tuesday of the month 
rather than the Tuesday after the second Monday?  Am I missing something?


>Specifying the fifth Tuesday is slightly trickier:
>
>REM Tue 29 SATISFY [day(trigdate()) >= 29] MSG Fifth Tuesday of every month
>
>Hope you enjoy reading the man page! :-)

Yes I must read the man page - but it is quite long - 3600 lines.  The 
examples are a great way to demonstrate the proper way of using remind but I 
didn't find an example that dealt with what I was trying to do.

Eddie

>Regards,
>
>David.
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