google-calendar
Is there a way to automatically increment a number inside of a recurring event in Google Calendar?
Basically, what I'd like to do is add an event that tells me how old my daughter is, by week and by month, until she is two.
My memory is terrible and it sucks to stop and count the weeks every time I need to know this.
So in the absence of other answers - my workaround has been to take advantage of Gcal's ability to import events from an excel file - I set some stuff up in Excel (where it's fairly easy to have events advance by a couple of hours) and then update when I need to - it's not an ideal strategy (It lacks a certain WYSIWYG) but I've no better ideas.
I have done this many times, though only on Android. When you make a new event on Android, you go to Repetition and then type of repetition and then choose monthly, where you can specify a number day.
Edit: I just checked the desktop version for you, which works as well. When you make a new repeating event, first set it on the start day, then check the Repeat box, choose a Monthly event, and the option to make it a specific day is a radio button.
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I was looking to do something similar for a 90-day workout routine. I ended up writing a simple bash script, using GoogleCL, that added an event for each of the next 90 days with the week and day number of the course in the title of the event.
Something similar could easily be done to count the age of your daughter. A search for GoogleCL should bring up needed info.
I guess the drawback is that the events are not "linked" like a recurring event is if you want to make a change later.
@digitxp Maybe this is an even nerdier solution?