[Remind-Fans] Need help figuring out reminder calculation

[Mike Harris]

(9/10/06 3:26 PM) Dara Pressley <dara at darasplace.com> wrote:

> My husband works for 4 days in a row, then four days
> off. 1 week days the next week nights and so on. I want
> my msg to simply read "night" or "day" on the days he's
> working. Anyone have any ideas on how to write that?

The difference between when a cycle repeats is every 16 days.  Day #1 is a day shift; then it's three more days 'day', four more days off, four more days night, four more days off.  Vacation's only 8 days apart.

So I'd do something like:

REM September 1 2006 *16 MSG Day shift.%
REM September 2 2006 *16 MSG Day shift.%
REM September 3 2006 *16 MSG Day shift.%
REM September 4 2006 *16 MSG Day shift.%
REM September 5 2006 *8 MSG Day off.%
REM September 6 2006 *8 MSG Day off.%
REM September 7 2006 *8 MSG Day off.%
REM September 8 2006 *8 MSG Day off.%
REM September 9 2006 *16 MSG Night shift.%
REM September 10 2006 *16 MSG Night shift.%
REM September 11 2006 *16 MSG Night shift.%
REM September 12 2006 *16 MSG Night shift.%

Obviously, configure the 'start' dates for whenever.

Mike