[Remind-Fans] Can Someone Double-Check Me on These 'Remind' Expressions?

[David Toye]

Thanks for clearing this up for me. This was bothering me as well.

Paul Pelzl wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 02:14:36PM -0400, Paul Pelzl wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 12:35:19PM -0400, Mike Harris wrote:
>>> Payday case #1:
>>> If the 14th of the month is not a Saturday or a Sunday, payday.  If it is, the preceding workday.
>> REM 14 OMIT Saturday Sunday BEFORE MSG Payday %b.%
>>
>>
>>> Payday case #2:
>>> If the day *before* the last day of the month is not a Saturday or Sunday, payday.  if it is, the preceding workday.
>> REM 1 --2 OMIT Saturday Sunday BEFORE MSG Payday %b.%
>>
>> In this case you need to use "--2" so that Saturdays and Sundays are not
>> skipped when counting back to the second-to-last day of the month.
> 
> To either of these, you can add a "+2" if you want your two days' advance
> warning to be shifted to weekdays, or "++2" if you want your advance
> warning to always occur on the two days prior to the payday.
> 
> Paul
> 
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