[thelist] how to refer to an event that occurs on the 2ndTue of the month (for example)

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the month (for example)

Yes, but the question is: "what is that form of recurrence called?"

I'm curious, too.

Quoting Doug R <doug.rehg at gmail.com>:

> I like how Yahoo Calendar does it - a combination of radio buttons and
> dropdowns:
> Radio: This event does not repeat
> Radio: Repeat {every;every other;every third;every forth}
> {day;week;month;year;etc}
> Radio: Repeat on the  {first;second;third;forth;last}
> {Mon;tues;wed;thurs;fri;sat;sun} of the month every  {month;other month;3
> months; 4 months; 6 months; year}
>
> On 5/1/06, Richard Bennett <richard.bennett at skynet.be> wrote:
>>
>> On Monday 01 May 2006 21:31, Sarah Adams wrote:
>> > My subject is, of course, just an example, since I can't seem to think
>> > of a name for this type of event recurrence. I'm working on a calendar
>> > app for a client, and I'm trying to give them a short list of options
>> > for describing event recurrence, like this:
>> > - every day
>> > - weekly (e.g. every Monday)
>> > - monthly (e.g. the 15th of each month)
>> > - _____ly (e.g. the second Tuesday of each month)
>> >
>> > I tried googling, but without knowing what to call this concept, I
>> > didn't come up with anything :) Any suggestions?
>>
>> They call it 'seasonal' events sometimes, even if they are not bound to
>> seasons, but I'd refer to it as a 'reoccurring event', 'timed event' or
>> 'infrequent event' maybe.
>>
>> Richard
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