Recurrence of Holidays

Andy Siegel · External Since: Dec 20, 2006 Posts: 5

Several "Holidays" don't fall on the same day each year. For instance, July
4th is always July 4th, but when the 4th is on a weekend, the HOLIDAY (as in
- the day off) is the closest weekday to July 4th. The same occurs with
several other holidays (Martin Luther King's birthday, Veterans' Day, etc).
I would like to see an option under recurrance to be the closest weekday to a
specific date.

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"Andy Siegel" <AndySiegel.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Several "Holidays" don't fall on the same day each year. For instance, July
> 4th is always July 4th, but when the 4th is on a weekend, the HOLIDAY (as in
> - the day off) is the closest weekday to July 4th. The same occurs with
> several other holidays (Martin Luther King's birthday, Veterans' Day, etc).
> I would like to see an option under recurrance to be the closest weekday to
> a
> specific date.

Fairly easy to do, but holiday files cannot set up recurring holidays. They
provide a list of individual holidays spanning a fixed number of years. I
want back through my holidays and modified them into real recurring events,
then such was possible. Independence Day and the holidays involving Easter
are examples of days that I wasn't able to convert to a pattern, but the rest
were fairly easy. For example, traditional Memorial Day is every May 30,
while observed Memorial Day is always the last Monday of May. Traditional
Columbus Day is every October 12 and observed Columbus Day is the second
Monday of October. This year, that's the same day.
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Andy Siegel · External Since: Dec 20, 2006 Posts: 5

But what do you do with holidays that are sometimes observed on Monday and
sometimes on Friday?

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Andy Siegel" <AndySiegel RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D6C2E238-E6B8-4A22-A46C-591E40A38F28@microsoft.com...
>
> > Several "Holidays" don't fall on the same day each year. For instance, July
> > 4th is always July 4th, but when the 4th is on a weekend, the HOLIDAY (as in
> > - the day off) is the closest weekday to July 4th. The same occurs with
> > several other holidays (Martin Luther King's birthday, Veterans' Day, etc).
> > I would like to see an option under recurrance to be the closest weekday to
> > a
> > specific date.
>
> Fairly easy to do, but holiday files cannot set up recurring holidays. They
> provide a list of individual holidays spanning a fixed number of years. I
> want back through my holidays and modified them into real recurring events,
> then such was possible. Independence Day and the holidays involving Easter
> are examples of days that I wasn't able to convert to a pattern, but the rest
> were fairly easy. For example, traditional Memorial Day is every May 30,
> while observed Memorial Day is always the last Monday of May. Traditional
> Columbus Day is every October 12 and observed Columbus Day is the second
> Monday of October. This year, that's the same day.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6714

You'll need to change them yourself.

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"Andy Siegel" <AndySiegel.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> But what do you do with holidays that are sometimes observed on Monday and
> sometimes on Friday?
>
> "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> "Andy Siegel" <AndySiegel.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D6C2E238-E6B8-4A22-A46C-591E40A38F28@microsoft.com...
>>
>> > Several "Holidays" don't fall on the same day each year. For instance,
>> > July
>> > 4th is always July 4th, but when the 4th is on a weekend, the HOLIDAY
>> > (as in
>> > - the day off) is the closest weekday to July 4th. The same occurs
>> > with
>> > several other holidays (Martin Luther King's birthday, Veterans' Day,
>> > etc).
>> > I would like to see an option under recurrance to be the closest
>> > weekday to
>> > a
>> > specific date.
>>
>> Fairly easy to do, but holiday files cannot set up recurring holidays.
>> They
>> provide a list of individual holidays spanning a fixed number of years.
>> I
>> want back through my holidays and modified them into real recurring
>> events,
>> then such was possible. Independence Day and the holidays involving
>> Easter
>> are examples of days that I wasn't able to convert to a pattern, but the
>> rest
>> were fairly easy. For example, traditional Memorial Day is every May 30,
>> while observed Memorial Day is always the last Monday of May.
>> Traditional
>> Columbus Day is every October 12 and observed Columbus Day is the second
>> Monday of October. This year, that's the same day.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>>
>>