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PI Cadence Calendar

Turn one date, the PI event, into the full set of dates that hang off it, and see at a glance which of them land in a school holiday.

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Who it is for

RTEs and train coordinators in the Netherlands who plan the same run-up to every PI event by hand, and find out about the herfstvakantie too late.

How it works

  1. Enter the first day of the PI event, how long it lasts and how many weeks a PI runs.
  2. Write the rules once: one week before on Thursday, two weeks before, the PI midpoint, every week through the PI, or a window such as three to four weeks before.
  3. Read the week calendar with school holidays shaded per region, move a clashing event to the nearest clear week, and download the calendar file.

Questions

How is one week before calculated?
By week, the way people say it: one week before on Thursday is the Thursday of the week before the event week, whatever weekday the event itself is on.
Which holidays are checked?
The school holidays published by the Dutch government for the North, Middle and South regions, and the national public holidays. Pick the regions that matter for your people.
Can I get the dates into my agenda?
Yes. The calendar file imports every date as an all-day event into Outlook, Google or Apple Calendar, and there is a CSV, a Markdown copy and a print view.

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