[Remind-Fans] first weekday of the month

[Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:19:45 -0500
"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > I want a reminder on the first weekday (and non-bank holiday) of the
> > month and I would like it to be repeated on the following 2 calendar
> > days.
> 
> REM Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 SCANFROM [trigger(today()-2)] MSG Check
> Bank Account SET d trigdate()
> REM [trigger(d+1)] MSG Check Bank Account Again
> REM [trigger(d+2)] MSG Check Bank Account Yet Again
> 
> ...
> 
> SCANFROM is evil and hard to understand.  You'll need to read the
> remind man page carefully to get a feel for the Remind algorithm.


Many thanks!
I have dabbled around with SCANFROM before but somehow thought that
this one might have been doable in one statement.


Could the following be done in a oner? :

A reminder on the last calendar day of every month followed by 2
further reminders on the following 2 calendar days.

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Best Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz


A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
Q: Why is top posting bad?