Count back from year end - issue

[[Daniel]]

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I like that the repeating setting for By Year Day auto-updates as the user selects a new start date. However, this day "count" calculation is not taking the "Count back from year end" Boolean into account, as all calculated numbers are from the beginning of the year.

I have not tested any other similar variants of this... i.e. monthly, weekly, etc...

[Geraint]

I just tried 10 days counting back and got my events all happing on the 22nd of December (the 10th day counting back including 31st December).

Can you upload a screenshot of how you configured the event.

Geraint

[[Daniel]]

Let me give you my sequence in case it's just the way I am trying to use it, or think it should work.

1. click Add a new event (from monthly calendar view)
2. scroll down to bottom of screen a click Yearly repeat radio button (my config edits events on one flowing screen)
3. notice comma separated list defaults with initial value of 042 (today, Feb 11, is the 42nd day)
4. Check the Count back from year end boolean (no change to comma separated list)
5. scroll up and change the event start date to Feb 2
6. The comma separated list updates to 33

Screen shot below. The screen shot if from inside IE7, which I tried after first finding the issue in firefox3.

[Geraint]

But if you overwrite the "comma separated list" field with a number e.g. 20 and save the event. When does it show up in the calendar?

Or is it the javascript auto counting of days when you are editing the event that is the issue?

Geraint

[[Daniel]]

Yes, the issue is that I was expecting the auto count javascript to handle both forward and backward counting.

If I manually set a number to the "comma separated list" to 7 (Christmas day) it will:

• ignore the repeat "numbered date" and use the start date of the event (default repeat count is 1, default start date is today)
• If I update the repeat count to 3, then all occurrences of the event happen on Dec 25th (as expected)

[Geraint]

After my last post took a look and adjusted the "auto count" calculation in javascript to respect the direction boolean. It will be in the next build (probably at the weekend).

Geraint

[[Daniel]]

Perfect!

Thanks Geraint.

[[Daniel]]

verified fixed in build 1314!

Thanks Geraint.