[Remind-Fans] orthodox easter (pascha) calculation. tested and NOT working.

[James Miller]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017, gino.aerografia wrote:

> Hi, sorry for the trouble, i thought i had corrected some typing errors
> and miscalculations in the original post, in later messages, but i can't
> be sure. Please, try this code, and let me know about the results.
> Thank you!
>
> SET cal_d 44-((((year(today())-2)%19)*11)%30)
> IF cal_d <= 20
>   SET pas_d date(year(today()),04,cal_d)+13
> ELSE
>    IF cal_d <= 30
>    SET pas_d date(year(today()),03,cal_d)+13
>    ELSE
>    SET pas_d date(year(today()),04,cal_d-30)+13
>    ENDIF
> ENDIF
> SET Easterdate evaltrig("Sunday",pas_d)
> REM [Easterdate] MSG Holy Pascha

Hi. Thanks for your input but this code also does not work for me. Let me 
explain. If I put this code into a reminders file--let's call it 
annual-cal_test.rem--then run the command remind -p12 annual-cal_test.rem 
jan 2019 |rem2ps -l -e >2019cal.ps, I get a bunch of error messages in 
stdout and the resulting postscript calendar contains no "Holy Pascha" 
entry.

Am I doing something wrong, or is there a problem with the code? I confess 
to being fairly ill-informed about the more advanced features of remind 
and their workings, in addition to being something of a mathematical 
Neanderthal, so any issue I am seeing may well be down to user error.

Btw, I left off the code below because I am not interested in tracking St. 
George's day.

> SET Gdate date(year(today()),04,23)
> IF (Easterdate -40 <= Gdate && Gdate <= Easterdate)
>   REM Mon [Easterdate] MSG Saint George's Day
> ELSE
>   REM 23 Apr MSG Saint George's Day
> ENDIF

PS I still can't determine whether your code takes account of 14 Nisan and 
tries to ensure that Holy Pascha does not occur on a Sunday that precedes, 
but rather on one that follows, 14 Nisan. Can you clarify for me whether 
your code takes account of 14 Nisan?