This is wonderful! Have you shared the Numbers template and Keyboard Maestro macro anywhere? If so, I would love to steal them!
Yes! Theyāre on my blog:
Found it on your website!
@RosemaryOrchard, Iāve used this wonderful automation a few times. Currently, Iām trying to add an entire school year worth of class schedules at our school, and Iām running into a question about the Fanastical parser. Do you know if there is a way to set an end date for a repeated event using the natural language parser? Thanks so much for sharing this awesome tip.
Also, there is a pretty neat app I discovered for exporting events and converting them to a spreadsheet. Itās called Export Calendars Pro ($14). Itās great for exporting existing events and then adding them back with some adjustments using the KM trick.
Thanks for your reply!
Hereās an example of where Iām struggling:
Eighth Grade Study Hall 10 Jun 2019 9:00 AM 45m every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until 17 Jun 2019 /hcs eighth grade
For some reason, Fanastical doesnāt like this syntax. It repeats until June 10.
Iām trying to use a start date and an end date.
Any thoughts on what syntax to use?
Thanks much.
I think you just need to put the start and end dates together like this. That worked for me at least.
Eighth Grade Study Hall 10 Jun 2019 to 17 Jun 2019 9:00 AM 45m every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday /hcs eighth grade
Iāve been looking at variations on syntax for this one and I havenāt been able to get any combination to work for all aspects. Some, yes, but so far, all no. At least not yet all.
When I previously tried using to
, it gave me 10 June as the end date, just as @steinmanal got. Trying āEighth Grade Study Hall 10 Jun 2019 9:00 AM 45m every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until 17 Jun 2019ā, from above I got the same incorrect end date as before (Fantastical 2.10.5 on IOS).
@tjwyman - what version and OS are you using to get the correct parsing? Iām assuming that must be another factor to consider.
Yesterday I was using an iPad running iOS 12.1.4 and Fantastical 2.10.5. When I just tried it again it also isnāt working so either I messed up and looked at the wrong field or itās just not working today. Iād normally lean towards I messed up but when I added the event today the title of the event looked slightly different than it did yesterday too so who knows Either way itās not working for me now.
I did try the following though and even though itās not exactly the same as specifying an end date for repeat-end it works for this particular scenario I think.
Eighth Grade Study Hall 10 Jun 2019 9:00 AM 45m every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday for one week /hcs eighth grade
Thanks to both of you for trying!
I reached out to Flexbits. The problem was somehow related to the ā45 minā syntax.
So, hereās what does work:
Eighth Grade Study Hall 6/10/2019 9:00:00 AM - 9:45 AM repeat every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until 6/17/19 /hcs eighth grade
Hope this helps someone else!
Wanted to check in to ensure this still worked. I have my work calendar dates that I want to put into my Family Events shared calendar.