Chron cheat sheet for US holidays

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Does anyone have a Chron cheat sheet for US holidays for scheduling in RM so I don't have to edit my holiday rules every year?

I have the examples from the freeformatter website:

Expression Meaning
* * * ? * * Every second
0 * * ? * * Every minute
0 */2 * ? * * Every even minute
0 1/2 * ? * * Every uneven minute
0 */2 * ? * * Every 2 minutes
0 */3 * ? * * Every 3 minutes
0 */4 * ? * * Every 4 minutes
0 */5 * ? * * Every 5 minutes
0 */10 * ? * * Every 10 minutes
0 */15 * ? * * Every 15 minutes
0 */30 * ? * * Every 30 minutes
0 15,30,45 * ? * * Every hour at minutes 15, 30 and 45
0 0 * ? * * Every hour
0 0 */2 ? * * Every hour
0 0 0/2 ? * * Every even hour
0 0 1/2 ? * * Every uneven hour
0 0 */3 ? * * Every three hours
0 0 */4 ? * * Every four hours
0 0 */6 ? * * Every six hours
0 0 */8 ? * * Every eight hours
0 0 */12 ? * * Every twelve hours
0 0 0 * * ? Every day at midnight - 12am
0 0 1 * * ? Every day at 1am
0 0 6 * * ? Every day at 6am
0 0 12 * * ? Every day at noon - 12pm
0 0 12 * * ? Every day at noon - 12pm
0 0 12 ? * SUN Every Sunday at noon
0 0 12 ? * MON Every Monday at noon
0 0 12 ? * TUE Every Tuesday at noon
0 0 12 ? * WED Every Wednesday at noon
0 0 12 ? * THU Every Thursday at noon
0 0 12 ? * FRI Every Friday at noon
0 0 12 ? * SAT Every Saturday at noon
0 0 12 ? * MON-FRI Every Weekday at noon
0 0 12 ? * SUN,SAT Every Saturday and Sunday at noon
0 0 12 */7 * ? Every 7 days at noon
0 0 12 1 * ? Every month on the 1st, at noon
0 0 12 2 * ? Every month on the 2nd, at noon
0 0 12 15 * ? Every month on the 15th, at noon
0 0 12 1/2 * ? Every 2 days starting on the 1st of the month, at noon
0 0 12 1/4 * ? Every 4 days staring on the 1st of the month, at noon
0 0 12 L * ? Every month on the last day of the month, at noon
0 0 12 L-2 * ? Every month on the second to last day of the month, at noon
0 0 12 LW * ? Every month on the last weekday, at noon
0 0 12 1L * ? Every month on the last Sunday, at noon
0 0 12 2L * ? Every month on the last Monday, at noon
0 0 12 6L * ? Every month on the last Friday, at noon
0 0 12 1W * ? Every month on the nearest Weekday to the 1st of the month, at noon
0 0 12 15W * ? Every month on the nearest Weekday to the 15th of the month, at noon
0 0 12 ? * 2#1 Every month on the first Monday of the Month, at noon
0 0 12 ? * 6#1 Every month on the first Friday of the Month, at noon
0 0 12 ? * 2#2 Every month on the second Monday of the Month, at noon
0 0 12 ? * 5#3 Every month on the third Thursday of the Month, at noon - 12pm
0 0 12 ? JAN * Every day at noon in January only
0 0 12 ? JUN * Every day at noon in June only
0 0 12 ? JAN,JUN * Every day at noon in January and June
0 0 12 ? DEC * Every day at noon in December only
0 0 12 ? JAN,FEB,MAR,APR * Every day at noon in January, February, March and April
0 0 12 ? 9-12 * Every day at noon between September and December

Some holidays have weird rules about what days they fall on each year.

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Martin Luther King Day: 0 0 0 ? JAN 2#3 *

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The problem is you cannot easily use cron to define repeat patterns for the movable feast holidays, such as Easter, which happens on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, and so forth.

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Yea, the equinox ones I can't but the others should be pretty strait forward. I'm starting to get the hang of it though. I think I can muddle my way through. Just wish they were pre-configured so you could just select them. Even if they are referenced in a static array.

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Don't forget there are also some great cron configurator tools available online, such as https://crontab.guru/

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I was able to fumble through with this one, it's pretty good.

https://www.freeformatter.com/cron-expression-generator-quartz.html#

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I use @ritchierich's Google Calendar Search app to read holidays from a separate Google Calendar that I set up to drive my automations. It will turn on/off a virtual switch based on calendar events - works really well Apart from Holidays, I use it to modify the behavior of my automations for things like vacations etc.

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I'd rather keep everything local to the hub.

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webcore there are pistons that calculate these and other religious holidays.

The pistons I have seen set global variables based on holiday -> date.

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Why not use the Holiday Switch app....there are a couple floating around. You select your geography, you can customize which holidays, observances, etc.

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i've created a VS to use when holidays occur so it will prevent automations from running when enabled

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