A way to set a rule to run annually on a certain day rather than date?

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I didn't see this or I did and missed it

I can set rules to turn on my lights to Red White Blue on certain dates like annually on the 4th of July or Veterans day Nov 11th

However is there a way set a specific day annually? So for example presidents day the 3rd Monday of Feb annually or labor Day the 1st Monday of Sept annually?

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Look in HPM for the Date and Time Parser by James Shimota. It creates all the date/day/time variables that you use and trigger off of.

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Yes, you can use Periodic Schedule for a trigger in Rule Machine, and use a Cron String. For example, this is the 3rd Monday of February every year:

0 0 0 ? FEB 2#3 *

See the Cron String Generator....

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Awesome thanks, that was pretty easy to setup and follow

One more question, does this override any other lighting schedule for that day? So if I have a light schedule to happen at 4pm to turn them all green, does this rule override that one?

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No, you'd have to work that out through the rule, depending on how you are doing the normal lighting. There are lots of ways to go about this.

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