How to create recurring tasks/events in TiddlyWiki?

[si]

I'm trying to see if I can use TiddlyWiki to replace my Google Calendar.

So far I have a mechanism (using tm-newtiddler) to add events with fields for date, start-time, end-time etc.

For this to be useable, however, I need a way to add recurring events, i.e. so I can select "repeats every n days" and these events will be automatically created.

I'm not really sure how to approach this in TiddlyWiki, so I wondered if anyone had already created something similar, or could give me some hints on how to create this?

Thank you for your help.

[TonyM]

Si

For such tiddlers say a weekly one. I have a field called weekly-review and date stamp it with now when done (this week).

I then have a list widget using the days operator that lists any tiddler with a weekly-review field more than 7 days old. When done I date stamp it with now again.

For weekly you could set a tiddler to have a day of week and do the same as above and show only Mondays not done in last 7 days.

This method avoids any complex calculations or forward dating and can accommodate any period. If you want you can use the pickaday plugins set set past or future dates if nessasary.

Regards
Tony

[Mark S.]

I think I would consider pre-generating the list of event dates, and storing them in a list field of your event. This would make it fairly easily to check whether your Koffee Klatch will be meeting on August 5, 2020.

The downside of this approach, compared to Google, is that it needs to be close-ended. Google can be open-ended because they've got massive computing power and database tools, so they could figure out whether your Yoga Pilates will clash with the Koffee Klatch in 2150 ... since you like to plan ahead. All we have are some javascript-based tools and whatever computing power your browser can muster.

[J Mc]

si

I'm not sure if this will help, but the ftlist tiddlywiki plugin can set ticklers (reminders) which can be repeated every Day, Month and Year and more.

https://btheado.github.io/tw-ftlist/#ticklers%20plugin

J Mc