On 2025-11-27 12:31, Tim Chase via Remind-fans wrote:
On 2025-11-27 09:42, Remind list wrote:
I am wondering if there is a way to have the duration of an event
display in the agenda mode? I want to send my agenda daily via email,
for access before I am at my computer.
You can pull it in with trigduration():
REM AT 9:00 DURATION 3:00 \
MSG This starts at %3 and lasts [trigduration()]
If you plan to use it regularly, you might do something like
FSET timespan() iif(trigtime() \
,trigtime() \
+ iif(trigduration() == -1, "", " for " + trigduration()) \
, "")
REM AT 9:00 DURATION 0:30 MSG Provided both [timespan()]
REM AT 9:00 MSG Just a time [timespan()]
REM MSG No time or duration [timespan()]
which is a little more graceful when AT or DURATION isn't specified.
Alternatively, you can use the trigduration() to determine the end time:
FSET timespan() iif(trigtime() \
,trigtime() \
+ iif(trigduration() == -1, "", \
"-" + (trigtime() + trigduration())) \
, "")
I prefer the latter, so have something like this in my helpers.rem file
There's is the small hiccup that remind/trigtime() can't readily tell
the difference between *no* AT entry and AT 00:00.
REM MSG No start time [trigtime()]
REM AT 00:00 MSG Yes start time [trigtime()]
returns
No start time 0
Yes start time 00:00
which, in a boolean context both get interpreted the same.
Thank you both Diane and Tim! This is exactly what I am looking for!
Aric
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