[Remind-Fans] date substitution

[Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz]

Ah - Canada is getting up ...

Good morning!

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:22 -0400
"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > I also created a variable for convenience:
> > SET by "by %w %d%s %m %y"
> > MSG %"make dental appointment %" [by] %
> 
> > 1) how can I achieve that the date is replaced by
> > "today"/"tomorrow" on the trigger day and the day before
> > respectively?
> 
> You can make it a function.  Something like this (see the man page for
> the "choose" built-in function):
> 
> FSET by() choose(trigdate()-today()+1, "today", "tomorrow", "by %w
> %d%s %m %y")

How ingenious!

> > As an aside: After the trigger day (if using *1), %u displays
> > "today". I would find it more useful if it showed the date, and
> > maybe even yesterday on the day after.
> 
> Remind does not handle substitution for days *after* the trigger date;
> that would be a big change.  I can look into it, though.

I just thought it would be good to be aware of missed appointments,
such as "Tax return due yesterday" followed by an if late then £100
penalty message. ;-)

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Best Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz (Scotland)