Specifying vacation intervals

[Blackjacx]

Hey there 👋

first of all great work 👍

I wanted to ask if it is currently possible to specify time intervals for vacation. Right now I have to specify each day separately which might become a huge list over the years:

project1 {
  # started time recordings on 2023-11-13
  from 2023-11-13 {
    mon 8:00
    tue 8:00
    wed 8:00
    thu 8:00
    fri 8:00
  }

  # specifying vacation

  2023-11-15 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
  2023-11-16 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
  2023-11-17 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
  2023-11-20 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
  2023-11-21 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
  2023-11-22 -8:00 "Vacation in Spain"
}

round_interval = no

[guludo]

Hey, there.

Another way to do it is to "close" a period and start a new one. Example:

project1 {
  # started time recordings on 2023-11-13
  from 2023-11-13 to 2023-11-15 {
    mon 8:00
    tue 8:00
    wed 8:00
    thu 8:00
    fri 8:00
  }

  # Vacation from 2023-11-15 to 2023-11-22 (inclusive)

  # Getting back to work on 2023-11-23
  from 2023-11-23 {
    mon 8:00
    tue 8:00
    wed 8:00
    thu 8:00
    fri 8:00
  }
}

round_interval = no

Although I agree that having a better way of specifying them would be good. Maybe we could extend the date entries syntax to allow passing intervals instead of a single date?

[Blackjacx]

Yeah I'm going with one of these approaches for now. Thanks for clarification 👍

[guludo]

Hey, @Blackjacx.

Just letting you know that I have just added a new feature: the except keyword. With that, we can turn the example above into:

project1 {
  # started time recordings on 2023-11-13
  from 2023-11-13 {
    mon 8:00
    tue 8:00
    wed 8:00
    thu 8:00
    fri 8:00

    # Vacation from 2023-11-15 to 2023-11-23 (exclusive)
    except 2023-11-15 to 2023-11-23 "Vacation"
  }
}

round_interval = no