[Remind-Fans] day before 1st working day of month

[Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz]

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:45:34 -0400
"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

>Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
>
>> a) reminder on 1st working day of the month omitting holidays and
>> weekends
>> b) reminder on calender day before 1st working day
>
>Caveat: You need Remind 3.1.7 for the following to work.

I normally wait for the next Debian stable but remind can't wait!

>On 3.1.6, you need to wrap trigger() around the expressions
>today()-1  and  x-1.

Excellent enhancement!

>REM 1 OMIT Sat Sun AFTER SCANFROM [today()-1] MSG First Working Day
>set x trigdate()
>REM [x-1] MSG Day before first working day.
>
>Please study the manual to understand the need for SCANFROM.

I feel suitably chastised. Have done my homework and am beginning to
get my head round it.




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Best Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz


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