2.1.3.2.2.3 Template: Monthly Recurrences

ABNF Description

 monthly-template= "FREQ=MONTHLY" [bymonthday-part] [common-parts]

Template Examples

The last day of every month:

 FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=-1

The 10th day of every month at 3:30 P.M:

 FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=10;BYMINUTE=30;BYHOUR=15

The 15th day of every 3 months, for 7 occurrences:

 FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=15;INTERVAL=3;COUNT=7

Importing to Calendar objects

An RRULE or X-MICROSOFT-RRULE matching this template SHOULD<283> be imported into PidLidAppointmentRecur as specified in the following table. A VEVENT MUST NOT specify both an RRULE and an X-MICROSOFT-RRULE.

AppointmentRecurrencePattern field

Value

ReaderVersion

Set to 0x3004

WriterVersion

Set to 0x3004

RecurFrequency

Set to 0x200C. If the INTERVAL is evenly divisible by 12, RecurFrequency MAY<284> be set to 0x200D.

PatternType

Set to 0x0002. Can be overridden by X-MICROSOFT-CALSCALE, see section 2.1.3.1.1.8.

CalendarType

Imported from X-MICROSOFT-CALSCALE (see section 2.1.3.1.1.8).

FirstDateTime

Set as specified in [MS-OXOCAL] section 2.2.1.44.1.

Period

Set to the value of INTERVAL

SlidingFlag

Set to 0x00000000

PatternTypeSpecific.Week.Sa-Su

(unset)

PatternTypeSpecific.Month.Day

Set to the value of BYMONTHDAY. If the value of BYMONTHDAY is -1, PatternTypeSpecific.Month.Day SHOULD<285> be set to 0x0000001F.

PatternTypeSpecific.MonthNth.Sa-Su

(unset)

PatternTypeSpecific.MonthNth.N

(unset)

EndType

If the recurrence is infinite, set EndType to 0x00002023. If the recurrence is specified with a COUNT, set EndType to 0x00002022. Otherwise, set EndType to 0x00002021.

OccurrenceCount

Set to the number of occurrences of the recurrence based on UNTIL or COUNT. If the recurrence is infinite, set OccurrenceCount to 0x0000000A.

FirstDOW

Set to the correct value based on WKST as specified in section 2.1.3.2.2.1.

DeletedInstanceCount / DeletedInstanceDates

See section 2.1.3.1.1.20.13.

ModifiedInstanceCount / ModifiedInstanceDates

See section 2.1.3.1.1.20.18.

StartDate

Set to the date portion of DTSTART, in the time zone specified by PidLidTimeZoneStruct. This date is stored in minutes after midnight Jan 1, 1601. Note that this value MUST be evenly divisible by 1440. If the BYMONTHDAY is specified, it MUST override the day portion of DTSTART.

EndDate

Set to the start date of the last instance of a recurrence, in the time zone specified by PidLidTimeZoneStruct. This date is stored in minutes after midnight Jan 1, 1601. If the recurrence is infinite, set EndDate to 0x5AE980DF. Note that this value MUST be evenly divisible by 1440, except for the special value 0x5AE980DF.

ReaderVersion2

Set to 0x00003006

WriterVersion2

Set to 0x00003009

StartTimeOffset

Set to (60*BYHOUR + BYMINUTE)

EndTimeOffset

Set to (StartTimeOffset + PidLidAppointmentDuration)

ExceptionCount / ExceptionInfo

See section 2.1.3.1.1.20.18

(ReservedBlocks and ExtendedExceptions)

Refer to [MS-OXOCAL]

Exporting from Calendar objects

The AppointmentRecurrencePattern structure ([MS-OXOCAL] section 2.2.1.44.5) in the PidLidAppointmentRecur property ([MS-OXOCAL] section 2.2.1.44) SHOULD<286> be exported as the property specified by the table of recurrence properties in section 2.1.3.2.2.1. The exported property MUST be assigned the value generated by the Recurrence template specified by the table of Recurrence templates specified in section 2.1.3.2.2.1.

If PidLidAppointmentRecur is being exported with the Monthly Recurrence Template, it MUST contain the recurrence parts specified in the following table.

Recurrence part

Value

FREQ

Set to 'MONTHLY'

INTERVAL

Set to Period. If the value is 1, omit this recurrence part.

BYMONTHDAY

Set to PatternTypeSpecific.Month.Day. If PatternTypeSpecific.Month.Day is 0x0000001F, BYMONTHDAY SHOULD<287> be set to -1.

COUNT

If EndType is 0x00002022, set to OccurrenceCount. Otherwise, omit this recurrence part.

UNTIL

If EndType is 0x00002021, SHOULD<288> be set to (EndDate + StartTimeOffset), converted from the time zone specified by PidLidTimeZoneStruct to the UTC time zone. Alternatively, MAY<289> be set to midnight on the date specified by EndDate. If EndType is not 0x00002021, omit this recurrence part.

WKST

The WKST recurrence part SHOULD<290> be omitted.