[Remind-Fans] delayed start, and omitting a range

[David F. Skoll]

Michael P. Soulier wrote:

> My kids have weekly classes starting a week from Saturday. If I put a reminder
> for Saturdays, remind will alert me to tomorrow, which I don't want. Instead,
> I'm using the non-weekly reminder support. 

> REM Jan 12 2008 AT 09:00 DURATION 01:00 *7 MSG Class

> Is this the best way to do a recurring reminder with a delayed start?

Well, it's one way.  You could also do:

      REM SAT FROM Jan 12 2008 AT 9:00 DURATION 01:00 MSG Class

> Also, I want to OMIT several days while we're on vacation. Can I do that
> without adding an OMIT line for each day to omit? OMITs don't support ranges
> do they?

Unfortunately, you have to do each one separately.

Regards,

David.