[Remind-Fans] help with "garbage day"

[brian hammond]

I'm confused, sorry!

If we use -7 and today() is Mon we'd start scanning from the previous Mon.  This could schedule a day in the previous week.  OK.

Can you explain the scanfrom start dates you've picked?  I don't understand where -2, -4, -7, -6, and -5 are coming from... I know what it means just not why you're start the scans from those offsets from today.

Thanks!
Brian

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Pelzl <pelzlpj at eecs.umich.edu>
To: Users of the <remind-fans at whatexit.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] help with "garbage day"

> SCANFROM [trigger(today()-2)] - start looking at each date from 2 days prior to today.  What if today() is Thu?  Mon won't be found, right?  Shouldn't that be -7?

If today() is Thursday, then this block will trigger next week Monday
(i.e. has no effect).  However the third block ("SCHEDULE PLASTIC
RECYCLING DAY") will trigger on the prior Monday and should therefore
schedule plastic recycling on today() (assuming no omits).

The danger in making the change you suggest is that you may cause Remind
to trigger trash day a week in the past, and thus miss it completely.





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