Subj : Something unexpected....
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Sun Dec 08 2002 04:37 pm

Hello Jasen,

    On Friday December 06 2002 at 21:32,
    Jasen Betts [3:640/1042] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about:  Something unexpected....

 GM>> Previously, you had stated:

 JB>>> ::  Next is never used but I'll convert it too :)
 JB>>> set date=%@instr[57,8,%@line[%bootfile,%n]]
 JB>>> set next=%dateconversion

 GM>> If next is never used, can it now be used for the LYC?

 JB> It's not really needed for anything. AFAICT
 JB> the programs re-computes it from %last and %when

Okay.  I'll remove that section from the source....  :)

 JB> as for the leapyear calculation, the easiest way is probablty to just
 JB> add 366 days and then compare the %@day[] of each date  and if they
 JB> don't match subtract one.

 JB> that'd convert 29-feb into 1-Mar and handle other leapyear transitions
 JB> correctly

I'll give that a try and let you know when I have some success.

 JB> another new type of rule could use next and ignore last and determine
 JB> the new value for next by adding %when to %next instead of adding it
 JB> to %today

 JB> This way if you set it to do somethoing on friday and repeat every 7
 JB> days it'd do it every friday. if one got missed it's catch up and then
 JB> continue to do it on fridays after that.

This is a very interesting concept.  Give me some time to test it out.

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    gerald(dot)miller(at)shaw(dot)ca

           Cheers ... Gerald

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