[Remind-Fans] UK Christmas bank holidays

[Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:53:36 -0500
"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > We always get 2 bank holidays regardless on which day Christmas
> > falls:
> 
> [...]
> 
> So, if Christmas falls on a weekday, you get that day off plus the
> next weekday.  And if it falls on a weekend, you get the following
> Monday and Tuesday off.  Correct?  So... this should work:
> 
> #========================================================================
> REM 25 Dec SCANFROM [trigger(today()-7)] OMIT SAT SUN AFTER SATISFY 1
> OMIT [trigger(trigdate())] MSG Christmas Bank Holiday
> 
> REM 26 Dec SCANFROM [trigger(today()-7)] OMIT SAT SUN AFTER SATISFY 1
> OMIT [trigger(trigdate())] MSG Boxing Day Bank Holiday
> #========================================================================
> 
> Be careful... they have to appear in exactly that order, because if
> Christmas falls on a weekend, then the first OMIT sets the stage for
> the Boxing Day bank holiday moving to the Tuesday.  [...]

Brilliant - now we're ready for Christmas 2009!

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Best Regards,
Tarlika