On 1/25/2010 5:45 PM, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote: > Hello Reid, > > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:59:33 -0500 > Reid Thompson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:07:38AM +0000, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz >> wrote: >>> > From 10:00 to midnight, I would like a 1/2-hourly reminder to check >>> whether I need to put another log on the fire. >>> >>> I tried REM AT 10:00 *30 MSG check fire >>> >>> but that doesn't do anything. Am I missing something obvious? >>> >> >> [...] >> >> The AT keyword introduces an AT clause. The 17:00 means that the >> trigger time is 5:00 PM. The +15 means Remind starts carping at you >> fifteen minutes ahead of time, and the *3 means it annoys you every >> three minutes. > > What caught me out is the fact that you can have a forward repeat for > dates but not for times, e.g. > > REM 22 Jan 2010 *1 MSG do this everyday > > whereas the timed reminder with a trepeat will stop at the specified > time. > > Therefore, as you suggest below, I have to specify the end time, and > work my way back. > >> so i think you want >> >> REM AT 12:00 +120 *30 MSG check fire > > In principle, this is what I want, but from 10:00 (am) to midnight. How > do I express midnight? I tried 24:00 and 00:00 - neither work. I seem > to remember that timed reminders can't span midnight. Maybe that's the > problem. > My quick fix would be to REM AT 11:59 +840 *30 MSG check fire
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