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Repeating event - every Thursday, except for first Thurs. of month

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Barry

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Jan 20, 2010, 3:47:24 PM1/20/10
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I'm currently using a combination of Thunderbird and Lightning to sync
my Google Calendar. Any events that I create in TBird should be synced
into GCal.

Now I'm trying to create an event that repeats weekly - every Thursday
- EXCEPT on the first Thursday of the month. Is there any way to do
this? I can make an event that is the only the first Thursday of the
month, but that's not what I want.

Andrew DeFaria

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Jan 20, 2010, 9:10:38 PM1/20/10
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How about creating an event that occurs on the 2nd Thursday of the month that occurs monthly. Then create another event that occurs on the 3rd Thursday of the month that occurs monthly and so on.
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Andrew DeFaria
Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

Barry

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Jan 22, 2010, 2:27:00 PM1/22/10
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On Jan 20, 9:10 pm, Andrew DeFaria <And...@DeFaria.com> wrote:
> On 01/20/2010 12:47 PM, Barry wrote:I'm currently using a combination of Thunderbird and Lightning to sync my Google Calendar. Any events that I create in TBird should be synced into GCal.
> Now I'm trying to create an event that repeats weekly - every Thursday - EXCEPT on the first Thursday of the month. Is there any way to do this? I can make an event that is the only the first Thursday of the
> month, but that's not what I want.How about creating an event that occurs on the 2nd Thursday of the month that occurs monthly. Then create another event that occurs on the 3rd Thursday of the month that occurs monthly and so on.--Andrew DeFariaWhy do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

That's quite a clever fix. I'll try it.

Rolf Gloor

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Jan 23, 2010, 9:54:21 AM1/23/10
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There is one thing:

Some month do have 5 Thursdays, some just 4.

Try adding also the 5th Thursday and see what happens to the month with
just 4 Thursdays.
Please post, as I am interested in the results as well.


Greetings from Switzerland,
Rolf

Stefan Sitter

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Jan 23, 2010, 10:15:20 AM1/23/10
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Rolf Gloor wrote:
> Some month do have 5 Thursdays, some just 4. Try adding also the 5th
> Thursday and see what happens to the month with just 4 Thursdays.
> Please post, as I am interested in the results as well.

Just ensure that you create/start this event on a day that actually is
the 5th Thursday of a month. Otherwise you'll run into a known issue
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419490>.

Rolf Gloor

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Jan 23, 2010, 2:28:01 PM1/23/10
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Hi Stefan

I just read the bug description.
Is this just happening, when the week/month created in does not have
this occurance (eg 5th Thursday of month) or each time, this day does
not exist?

Rolf

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