482704 - Recurring events that occur on day 30 or 31 may get skipped on months having < 30-31 days

Status: NEW

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[gogoboomer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081204 SeaMonkey/1.1.14
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18pre) Gecko/20080917 Sunbird/0.9

This is not really a bug, as the application is performing as it should. However, a UI warning when scheduling a recurring tast/event in this manner could be issued to help forestall any unanticipated side effects from this use case.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Schedule a recurring task/event to occur on day 30 or 31 of every month.
2. Wait until a month having less than 30 or 31 days occurs.
3. Miss recurring task/event as it will not be scheduled for this month.

Comment 1

[gogoboomer]

Scheduling something to occur on the fifth Su-Sa of any month could also result in a missed task/event in the same manner

Comment 2

[Jens Müller (:tessarakt)]

Is there a standadized way of handling this?

E.g., when you enter a recurring wire transfer order at a German bank on the 31st, it's always executed at the last banking day of the month.

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

We have an option for "Last Day of the month", but I think its a good idea to show a warning. We'd need some UI for this though.

Comment 4

[Markus Adrario [:Taraman]]

Maybe this is also a candidate for the notificationbox in the event-dialog