>> I'm trying to set up a reminder for three consecutive days:
>
>> - The first Friday after???November???1
>> - The Saturday that follows that Friday
>> - The Sunday that follows that Friday
>
>> set ffn evaltrig("fri after nov 1")
>> rem [ffn] msg First Friday after November 1st
>> rem [ffn+1] msg First Saturday after first Friday after November 1st
>> rem [ffn+2] msg First Sunday after first Friday after November 1st
>
> Hand-calculating a trigger date is almost never correct.
I've found that it works as long as you only go *backwards*. So it's
pretty reliable if you find the last date and *subtract* from it:
SET ffn evaltrig("Sun Nov 3")
REM [ffn - 2] MSG First Fri
REM [ffn - 1] MSG The Sat
REM [ffn] MSG The Sun
> You can fix up your version with a SCANFROM:
>
> set ffn evaltrig("fri after nov 1 SCANFROM -7")
> rem [ffn] msg First Friday after November 1st
> rem [ffn+1] msg First Saturday after first Friday after November 1st
> rem [ffn+2] msg First Sunday after first Friday after November 1st
I believe the old school way (that I suspect you would have mentioned a
couple years ago because that's how your brain seems to work) would be
to do the on/after date math:
REM Fri Nov 1 MSG First Fri
REM Sat Nov 2 MSG The Sat
REM Sun Nov 3 MSG The Sun
which seems less complex to my brain :-)
-tim
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