Every second week on a specific day without Postpone messing it up
bugsie says:
Hi,
If I have a task set to repeat every two weeks with, say, a normal due date of a Monday, the task comes up every two weeks as expected on Monday.
However, if Monday is a Bank Holiday so I postpone the task for Tuesday that week, subsequent repeating tasks recur on Tuesdays. If this is what I wanted, I would choose the repeat instruction of "2 weeks after".
Which begs the question why the "every two weeks" repeat instruction is not more disciplined in its execution? Essentially we have two ways of doing the same thing when it would be far more advantageous to have two ways of doing two different things...
If I have a task set to repeat every two weeks with, say, a normal due date of a Monday, the task comes up every two weeks as expected on Monday.
However, if Monday is a Bank Holiday so I postpone the task for Tuesday that week, subsequent repeating tasks recur on Tuesdays. If this is what I wanted, I would choose the repeat instruction of "2 weeks after".
Which begs the question why the "every two weeks" repeat instruction is not more disciplined in its execution? Essentially we have two ways of doing the same thing when it would be far more advantageous to have two ways of doing two different things...
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Hi bugsie,
This will happen because the next task isn't generated until the due date or (if before the due date) when the task is completed. So when you postpone the task (say on the Friday before the bank holiday) and then complete it on Tuesday, it will repeat then.
You may want to wait until the day of (when the next task is generated) to postpone the task, or after postponing make sure the next instance is on the correct day.
Hope this helps!
This will happen because the next task isn't generated until the due date or (if before the due date) when the task is completed. So when you postpone the task (say on the Friday before the bank holiday) and then complete it on Tuesday, it will repeat then.
You may want to wait until the day of (when the next task is generated) to postpone the task, or after postponing make sure the next instance is on the correct day.
Hope this helps!
bugsie says:
Hi, thanks for the update.
I kinda realise why it happens but was hoping that perhaps my post would prompt giving some thought to change? As per my final paragraph... why have an application that does the same thing two different ways (and thus introduce ambiguity) when it would be advantageous to offer both options?
I kinda realise why it happens but was hoping that perhaps my post would prompt giving some thought to change? As per my final paragraph... why have an application that does the same thing two different ways (and thus introduce ambiguity) when it would be advantageous to offer both options?
bluesgeek says:
I'm not sure I understand how this works, Andrew. If I create a repeating task and subscribe to it on iCalendar, I can see all future instances on the respective calendar dates.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
bluesgeek, that is a problem specific to iCalendar; sorry for the inconvenience.
bugsie, thanks for your feedback!
bugsie, thanks for your feedback!
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Additionally, you may wish to set the repeat to "every 2nd Monday", which may be more effective for keeping a task like this on its appropriate day (but you'll need to watch that it doesn't end up a week later). Sorry I didn't think to mention this previously.