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57 changes: 29 additions & 28 deletions README.md
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You would write:

```ruby
schedule = IceCube::Schedule.new
schedule.add_recurrence_rule(
Rule.yearly.day_of_month(13).day(:friday).month_of_year(:october)
IceCube::Rule.yearly.day_of_month(13).day(:friday).month_of_year(:october)
)
```

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* Recurrence Times - To specifically include in a schedule
* Exception Times - To specifically exclude from a schedule

Example: Specifying a recurrence with an exception time:
Example: Specifying a recurrence with an exception time

```ruby
schedule = IceCube::Schedule.new(now = Time.now) do |s|
s.add_recurrence_rule(Rule.daily.count(3))
s.add_recurrence_rule(IceCube::Rule.daily.count(3))
s.add_exception_time(now + 1.day)
end

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# or give the schedule a duration and ask if occurring_at?
schedule = IceCube::Schedule.new(now, :duration => 3600)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.daily
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.daily
schedule.occurring_at?(now + 1800) # true
schedule.occurring_between?(t1, t2)

# using end_time also sets the duration
# using end_time also sets the duration
schedule = IceCube::Schedule.new(start = Time.now, :end_time => start + 3600)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.daily
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.daily
schedule.occurring_at?(start + 3599) # true
schedule.occurring_at?(start + 3600) # false

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```ruby
# every day
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.daily
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.daily

# every third day
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.daily(3)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.daily(3)
```

### Weekly

```ruby
# every week
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.weekly
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.weekly

# every other week on monday and tuesday
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.weekly(2).day(:monday, :tuesday)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.weekly(2).day(:monday, :tuesday)

# for programmatic convenience (same as above)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.weekly(2).day(1, 2)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.weekly(2).day(1, 2)

# specifying a weekly interval with a different first weekday (defaults to Sunday)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.weekly(1, :monday)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.weekly(1, :monday)
```

### Monthly (by day of month)

```ruby
# every month on the first and last days of the month
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.monthly.day_of_month(1, -1)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.monthly.day_of_month(1, -1)

# every other month on the 15th of the month
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.monthly(2).day_of_month(15)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.monthly(2).day_of_month(15)
```

Monthly rules will skip months that are too short for the specified day of
Expand All @@ -209,69 +210,69 @@ month (e.g. no occurrences in February for `day_of_month(31)`).

```ruby
# every month on the first and last tuesdays of the month
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.monthly.day_of_week(:tuesday => [1, -1])
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.monthly.day_of_week(:tuesday => [1, -1])

# every other month on the first monday and last tuesday
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.monthly(2).day_of_week(
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.monthly(2).day_of_week(
:monday => [1],
:tuesday => [-1]
)

# for programmatic convenience (same as above)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.monthly(2).day_of_week(1 => [1], 2 => [-1])
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.monthly(2).day_of_week(1 => [1], 2 => [-1])
```

### Yearly (by day of year)

```ruby
# every year on the 100th days from the beginning and end of the year
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.yearly.day_of_year(100, -100)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.yearly.day_of_year(100, -100)

# every fourth year on new year's eve
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.yearly(4).day_of_year(-1)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.yearly(4).day_of_year(-1)
```

### Yearly (by month of year)

```ruby
# every year on the same day as start_time but in january and february
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.yearly.month_of_year(:january, :februrary)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.yearly.month_of_year(:january, :februrary)

# every third year in march
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.yearly(3).month_of_year(:march)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.yearly(3).month_of_year(:march)

# for programatic convenience (same as above)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.yearly(3).month_of_year(3)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.yearly(3).month_of_year(3)
```

### Hourly (by hour of day)

```ruby
# every hour on the same minute and second as start date
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.hourly
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.hourly

# every other hour, on mondays
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.hourly(2).day(:monday)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.hourly(2).day(:monday)
```

### Minutely (every N minutes)

```ruby
# every 10 minutes
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.minutely(10)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.minutely(10)

# every hour and a half, on the last tuesday of the month
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.minutely(90).day_of_week(:tuesday => [-1])
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.minutely(90).day_of_week(:tuesday => [-1])
```

### Secondly (every N seconds)

```ruby
# every second
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.secondly
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.secondly

# every 15 seconds between 12:00 - 12:59
schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.secondly(15).hour_of_day(12)
schedule.add_recurrence_rule IceCube::Rule.secondly(15).hour_of_day(12)
```

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