[Remind-Fans] I need your help: Holiday data

[Dianne Skoll]

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 19:47:28 -0400
Michael DeBusk via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:

> I've been (not-very-conscientiously) studying Ukrainian for a little
> while, and part of that has been slowly putting together a Ukrainian
> holiday file for Remind. Many of their religious holidays and
> observances, such as Easter, use a revised Julian calendar. I keep
> trying to remember to ask if Remind supports it (the man page doesn't
> mention it) and your message finally prompted me. :)

Remind does not support the Julian calendar in any form.  However,
if the holidays in question are a fixed number of days from Easter,
you can use the built-in function orthodoxeaster() as a starting
point.  For example:

        REM [orthodoxeaster($Uy)-2] MSG Friday before Orthodox Easter

> Any I can't manage to figure out, I have a couple of Ukrainian
> acquaintances I can ask, but I'm determined to do it myself. :)

Cool; good luck!

> You're welcome to what I have. I don't keep it in version control at
> this point because if I screw it up it would actually be good for me
> to do it over.

I'd rather have a look when you feel like they're ready for a 1.0
release.

Regards,

Dianne.