Outlook doesn't allow a proper recurring rule for election day

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Groseth.1 - 01 Nov 2005 22:57 GMT

The proper rule for election day in November is "the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November". Outlook does not allow for that, as a result it
called for election day on 1 Nov instead of 8 November.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 02 Nov 2005 07:36 GMT

Easily fixed by moving the item to the correct day. Everyone gets something
wrong at least once a year.

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After furious head scratching, Groseth.1 asked:

| The proper rule for election day in November is "the first Tuesday
| after the first Monday in November". Outlook does not allow for
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| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=b9d634aa-750f-4
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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Nov 2005 13:17 GMT

Holidays don't have to follow recurrence rules. They're manually created in
a text file then imported into Outlook. The human being that created the US
holiday list screwed up Election Day this year because they forgot the
'after the first Monday' part of the rule.

> The proper rule for election day in November is "the first Tuesday after
> the
> first Monday in November". Outlook does not allow for that, as a result
> it
> called for election day on 1 Nov instead of 8 November.

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