[Remind-Fans] A-Day / B-Day

[hymie at nasalinux.net]

So I'm trying something complex.  I'm sure Remind can do it, but I'm not
sure if **I** can do it.

Anyway, my first roadblock seems to be an A-Day B-Day schedule.

Problem 1:

I have this construct

OMIT SAT
OMIT SUN
OMIT 2024-09-02
set a_day 0
rem 2024-08-27 SKIP *2 SATISFY 1
if (trigvalid())
  set a_day 1
endif

msg [a_day]

Sadly, this is triggering every day -- even before 2024-08-27

2024/08/24 * * * * 1  <== before 2024-08-27
2024/08/25 * * * * 1  <== before 2024-08-27
2024/08/26 * * * * 1  <== before 2024-08-27
2024/08/27 * * * * 1
2024/08/28 * * * * 1
2024/08/29 * * * * 1
2024/08/30 * * * * 1
2024/08/31 * * * * 1  <== SAT not omitted
2024/09/01 * * * * 1  <== SUN not omitted
2024/09/02 * * * * 1  <== OMIT not omitted
2024/09/03 * * * * 1
2024/09/04 * * * * 1
2024/09/05 * * * * 1
2024/09/06 * * * * 1
2024/09/07 * * * * 1  <== SAT not omitted
2024/09/08 * * * * 1  <== SUN not omitted
2024/09/09 * * * * 1
2024/09/10 * * * * 1

So I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Problem 2:

OMIT SAT
OMIT SUN
OMIT 2024-09-02
rem 2024-08-27 SKIP *2 MSG "A Day"

yields this result:
2024/08/27 * * * * "A Day"
2024/08/29 * * * * "A Day"
2024/09/04 * * * * "A Day"
2024/09/06 * * * * "A Day"

(2024/09/02 should have been an A Day but it was omitted)

The problem is, the A/B schedule doesn't just skip holidays, it **shifts**
So when it skips 2024/09/02, that makes 2024/09/03 the next A day, followed
by 2024/09/05 .

I fear that I will have to set this up in groups, such as
rem 2024-08-27 until 2024-09-01 *2 MSG "A Day"
rem 2024-09-03 until 2024-10-02 *2 MSG "A Day"
rem 2024-10-04 until 2024-11-04 *2 MSG "A Day"
and so on.  But I'd rather not, if there's something more Remindish I can
do.

Thanks.

--hymie!             http://nasalinux.net/~hymie            hymie at nasalinux.net