Contents of The Date Gadgets

The Date Gadgets

The date of an event consists of the 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ , 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ and 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ gadgets. Leaving any of these gadgets empty ( 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ and 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ show ANY instead of empty gadget) means that any value is acceptable. This way you can enter repeating events. 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ is different from other gadgets, however. Selecting a weekday into 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ means that the event is due on the next specified weekday ON OR AFTER the date selected.

0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ accepts all numbers from 1 to 31, empty gadget representing `any day'.

You can select a month into 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ from the list above it. You can of course enter the month by hand, too. In this case REMINDER selects the first month starting with the letters you entered (I.e. entering ap would select April). Entering the month this way is case-insensitive. You can also enter into the gadget just the number of the month (I.e. entering 10 would select October). Leaving the gadget empty (or entering or selecting ANY) means `any month'.

0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ accepts all numbers from 1993 to 2099¹². You can also enter a number from 93 to 99 to represent years 1993 – 1999 or a number from 0 to 92 to represent years 2000 – 2092. Leaving the gadget empty means `any year'.

You can enter a value to 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ by selecting a weekday from the list above the gadget. Selecting ANY means `any weekday'.

The text gadget above 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ is a read-only gadget telling the weekday of non-repeating exact events¹³ (i.e. events with 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ and 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ set to specific values and 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ as ANY). I myself have very little use for this gadget, but I was requested it. The event list shows the weekday of non-repeating exact events, also. There is a colon after the weekday indicating that the weekday is not entered by you, but calculated by REMINDER .

A few examples should clarify the usage of date gadgets.

Entering 22 to 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , March to 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ , 1993 to 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ and ANY to 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ means that the event is on March 22, 1993.
Entering 22 to 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , March to 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ , empty to 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ and ANY to 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ means that the event is on March 22, every year.
Entering 1 to 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , empty to 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ , 1993 to 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ and Thursday to 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ means that the event is on first Thursday¹⁴ of every month on year 1993.
Entering 8 to 0=Day $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{D}ay}}}\;$ , empty to 0=Month $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{M}onth}}}\;$ , empty to 0=Year $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{Y}ear}}}\;$ and Monday to 0=Weekday $\;\stackrel{{\fbox{\hskip \wd0}}}{{\mbox{\small\underline{W}eekday}}}\;$ means that the event is on second Monday¹⁵ of every month, every year.