[Remind-Fans] second friday with date range
Tim Chase
remind at tim.thechases.com
Thu Dec 28 18:49:27 EST 2023
On 2023-12-28 17:46, Remind list wrote:
> I think this is unambiguous and should be allowed:
>
> REM SECOND FRIDAY Feb 9 2024 UNTIL Apr 12 2024
>
> It gives:
>
> foo(1): Day specified twice
> No reminders.
>
> Of course I don't care about the days and really want to say just this:
>
> REM SECOND FRIDAY Feb 2024 UNTIL Apr 2024
>
> but I get:
>
> foo(1): UNTIL: Incomplete date specification
> No reminders
>
> You know what I want. Is there a better idiom for specifying "second
> friday" within a date range?
I think all you're missing is a FROM. This seems to do what you want:
REM SECOND FRIDAY \
FROM Feb 1 2024 \
UNTIL Apr 30 2024 \
MSG thing
(you can tighten those dates to the 9th & 12th, but I'm partial to
not thinking, so 1st & 30th work for me :-)
-tim
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