Recurring events are a powerful tool to easily remind you of events that return periodically. SelfControl supports five different types of such events:
1. Events that return each year on the same date (i.e. always on the 16th. of October)
2. Events that return at a certain day of a certain week of a certain month each year (i.e. every last Friday in May)
3. Events that return relative to Easter Sunday each year (i.e. Ascension Day, 39 days after Easter Sunday each year)
4. Events that return at the same date each month (i.e. every 7th of a month)
5. Events that return at the same day every week (i.e. every Saturday)
Recurring events are entered by choosing the type of event through the popup menu beneath the ending time of the event. Each recurring event is built from its starting date and the chosen type.
Relative to the chosen type of event additional controls are activated beneath the mentionend popup menu: The week popup menu and the text box for the number of days relative to Easter Sunday.
If for example a monthly event is chosen and the starting time shows the 16th of October, the event will be displayed every 16th of a month. Is the staring time set to Saturday, the 5th of August 1995, and weekly event is chosen, the event will be displayed every Saturday. If you chose event type 2 (see above) with the same starting time instead along with choice "last" from the week popup menu, the entry will be displayed ervery last Saturday in August each year.
If you chose event type 3 (see above) finally and "-46" is entered in the text box for the number of days relative to Easter Sunday, the entry will be displayed on Ash Wednesday each year.
For input of events relative to Easter Sunday here an additional overview:
