[Remind-Fans] FROM not working for dates before 1990

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Fri Sep 14 06:59:50 EDT 2012


On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:05:17 +0200
Clemens Kaposi <mailinglists at obda.net> wrote:

>     FSET _since(yr) YEAR(TRIGDATE()) - yr
>     REM 21 Dec FROM 21 Dec 1989 MSG Joe's [ord(_since(1988))] birthday

Just omit the FROM clause.  It's not necessary because Remind is simply
incapable of generating a calendar before 1990.

> As I get it, 1990 is internally the "base year" for remind.  Is it
> feasibly possible to change this to an earlier year—without breaking
> other parts of the application?

Other parts will break.  Don't change it.

Regards,

David.


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