Repeating dates on named weekdays

Repeating dates on named weekdays

[William Halliburton]

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Hello all, please excuse me if this is a FAQ, I can't seem to find any
discussion on it.

How can one enter in repeating dates such as

every third thursday of each month

or

the first and third wendsdays of each month

?

Thank you very much.
Will

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Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

William Halliburton <whalliburton@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello all, please excuse me if this is a FAQ, I can't seem to find any
> discussion on it.
kind of
>
> How can one enter in repeating dates such as
>
> every third thursday of each month
>
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Repeating-items.html#Repeating-items
http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks

> or
>
> the first and third wendsdays of each month
>
> ?
>
> Thank you very much.
> Will
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Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[William Halliburton]

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I've seen that page but I do not believe it covers the type of repetition
that I am interested in.

For instance, if I have an event like

"every third Monday of each month"

my first thought would be

<2010-01-18 Mon +1m>

but that repeats on the February 18,  which is a Thursday.

These type of repetitions are common for organization in this area and I
would like to avoid having to enter in each date separately

Thank you,
Will



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Glauber Alex Dias Prado
<smade4@gmail.com>wrote:

> William Halliburton <whalliburton@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello all, please excuse me if this is a FAQ, I can't seem to find any
> > discussion on it.
> kind of
> >
> > How can one enter in repeating dates such as
> >
> > every third thursday of each month
> >
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Repeating-items.html#Repeating-items
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks
>
> > or
> >
> > the first and third wendsdays of each month
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> > Will
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> > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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>

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Re: Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[John Rakestraw]

> every third Monday of each month

I'm by no means the org/emacs expert, but here's what I'd do:

* Meeting on 3d Monday of each month
  <%%(diary-float t 1 3)>

(see
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html
and http://orgmode.org/manual/Weekly_002fdaily-agenda.html)

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John Rakestraw

Re: Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[William Halliburton]

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Thanks much. That is exactly what I was wishing for.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, John Rakestraw <lists@johnrakestraw.com>wrote:

>
> > every third Monday of each month
>
> I'm by no means the org/emacs expert, but here's what I'd do:
>
> * Meeting on 3d Monday of each month
>  <%%(diary-float t 1 3)>
>
> (see
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html
> and http://orgmode.org/manual/Weekly_002fdaily-agenda.html)
>
> --
> John Rakestraw
>

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Re: Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[Glauber Alex Dias Prado]

William Halliburton <whalliburton@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks much. That is exactly what I was wishing for.
sorry for overlooking your question, i didnt remembered how to do it either.
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, John Rakestraw <lists@johnrakestraw.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> > every third Monday of each month
>>
>> I'm by no means the org/emacs expert, but here's what I'd do:
>>
>> * Meeting on 3d Monday of each month
>>  <%%(diary-float t 1 3)>
>>
>> (see
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html
>> and http://orgmode.org/manual/Weekly_002fdaily-agenda.html)
>>
>> --
>> John Rakestraw
>>

Re: Repeating dates on named weekdays

[Ben Finney]

Glauber Alex Dias Prado <smade4@gmail.com> writes:

> William Halliburton <whalliburton@gmail.com> writes:
> > How can one enter in repeating dates such as
> >
> > every third thursday of each month
> >
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Repeating-items.html#Repeating-items
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks

That doesn't help. Neither of those pages say anything about this common
use case.

I do wish the Org manual, at least, would give an example of what the OP
is asking for: repeating events on “every month on the Nth D-weekday at
T time”, and how to translate the N, D, and T into some Org date+time
format that will give that result.

I'd provide a suggested addition to the manual, but I still don't
understand the baroque sexp date format myself.

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