Jeremy Taylor | 9 Apr 2002 06:41
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Re: i disagree


Johann Petrak wrote:
> 
> Peter Lairo wrote:
> > Generating repeating events should only be complex enough to handle
> > *personal events* - not holidays. Most counties have holidays that
> > require significant historical/astronomical and mathematical skills to
> > calculate. The best solution* is to have a central repository where
> > users can download the holidays for country/state "x" and year "y" -
> > kind of like "View / Apply Theme...".
> >
> 
> I disagree. I already listed the basic kinds of reference events
> that are needed and they are not that hard to calculate:
>    nth <weekday> in a month
>    nth <weekday> after other reference event
>    date of first occurence of full moon
> 
> Will handle all european holidays I am aware of. Any counter
> examples?

Easter.
http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html


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