Repeating Events for Daily Notes

✂️ Copy of your #42SmartBlock from Roam

# Repeating Event #42SmartBlock

**__Do Not Modify__**
<%DATEBASIS:DNP%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Set the event description for the repeating event.__**
<%SET:eventDescription,New Years Eve%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Set the start date for the repeating event.__**
<%SET:startDate,<%DATE: Dec 31 2017 %>%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Set the period for the event: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.__**
<%SET:period,yearly%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Set number of days in advance threshold: 1 = day before, 30 = 30 days before.__**
<%SET:daysBefore,20%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Variable to hold the next event date. (Do Not Modify)__**
<%SET:nextEventDate,0%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

**__Variable to hold days remaining before event. (Do Not Modify)__**
<%SET:daysRemaining,0%>
<%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>


<%JAVASCRIPT:```javascript
var startDate  = roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["startDate"];
var period     = roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["period"];
var daysBefore = roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["daysBefore"];

startDate = startDate.trim().split("[").join("").split("]").join("").replace("#",""); startDate = startDate.replace("st,",",").replace("rd,",",").replace("th,",",").replace("nd,",","); period = period.toUpperCase();

var start = new Date(Date.parse(startDate)); var next = new Date(Date.parse(startDate)); var today = new Date();

next.setFullYear(today.getFullYear());

if(period == "DAILY") { roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["daysBefore"] = 366; }

if(period == "WEEKLY") { next.setDate(next.getDate()+7) }

if(period == "MONTHLY"){ if(next < today) { next.setMonth(next.getMonth()+1); } }

if(period == "YEARLY") { next.setFullYear(today.getFullYear()); if(next < today) { next.setFullYear(next.getFullYear()+1) } }

var days = Math.round((next - today) / 1000 / 60 / 60 /24);

roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["nextEventDate"] = next.toDateString(); roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.vars["daysRemaining"] = days;

return(next.toDateString());```%> <%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%>

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<%IFTRUE:<%GET:daysRemaining%> < <%GET:daysBefore%>%> <%GET:eventDescription%> is in <%GET:daysRemaining%> days

📋 Describe the SmartBlock

This SmartBlock uses 4 settings ...

 1. eventDescription  (The name of your event; ex, New Years Eve)
 2. startDate               (The base date for the event; ex, Dec 31 1900)  (do not use commas in date)
 3. period                   (How frequently does the event occur; ex, yearly)
 4. daysBefore            (How many days before the next event do you want to include it; ex, 10)

... to determine how far in the future the next event will occur.

The nextEventDate and daysRemaining (rounded to the nearest whole day) will be returned.

✅ Describe any prerequisites or dependencies that are required for this SmartBlock

None.

📷 Screenshot of your #42SmartBlock workflow/template from Roam

💡 Additional Info

This SmartBlock is intended to be duplicated for each event for which you want a reminder on your Daily Notes pages and can be included on your Daily Notes pages (typically by way of a template) using <%SMARTBLOCK:Repeating Events%> -- for example, <%SMARTBLOCK:New Years Eve%> if you had a copy called New Years Eve.

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