From: Kaldrenon <kaldrenon@...>
Date: 2008-07-21T23:04:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding the date of an event based on related events.

On Jul 19, 2:08 pm, Todd Benson <caduce...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That, to me is somewhat elegant and robust, but Siep's idea will work
> if the script/program will always run from a weekday.  

The general idea is that it will, given that the input will always be
an event that the user is scheduling, and the context is scheduling
for a M-F 5-day workweek setting. However, in the interest of
versatility, I like to avoid coding in a "assuming the user knows what
format to input" setup.

Thanks to all for the replies and advice! This is kind of a side
project for me at the moment, so I haven't yet gotten a chance to
implement any of these things or test them, but I will be sure to get
back to the group with my results when I do.

As for my holiday list, I think the simplest initial concept, for
testing the basic functionality, is a Hash of Date objects based on my
employer's list of holidays for which employees get time off, as
opposed to a list of all US holidays, but I'll look into a flexible
way to plug in a holiday list at a later point.

Thanks again,
Andrew