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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Alarms on February 29th
From:       David Jarvie <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2002-12-28 17:31:47
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On Friday 27 Dec 2002 11:04 pm, Steffen Hansen wrote:
> * David Jarvie <lists@astrojar.org.uk> [Dec 27. 2002 01:13]:
> > Alarms which recur on February 29th are currently not handled properly -
> > some Recurrence class methods return values which suggest that the
> > recurrence has ended when it has in fact not. In order to rectify this, I
> > need to know:
> >
> > In non-leap years, what date should a recurring alarm scheduled for
> > February 29th occur?
>
> Should such an alarm trigger at all in non-leap years? Of course if the
> event is "every week", it should trigger every week in every year no
> matter the date, but if you make a recurring event on Feb. 29th every
> year, it should only trigger in years that actually have a Feb. 29th :)

For some annual recurrences, the alarm does need to trigger. For instance if 
it represents somebody's birthday - regardless of whether it's a leap year, 
the person does grow a year older each year, and presumably likes to 
celebrate their birthday. But should it be on February 28th or March 1st?

-- 
David Jarvie
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