TuskTools Calendar

Here is the link to the free download:
Download TuskTools Calendar

Current version: 1.0.1

Please be sure to watch the product video as it serves as a tutorial for using the application.  In addition, see below for notes on creating appointments in Evernote.  Finally, please check out the FAQs on the MPN Support Site.

We welcome your input as to what features and options you might like to see.  Please let us know what you think of TuskTools Calendar, and/or send your suggestions for additional features or options.

 

Creating Appointments within Evernote

To create an appointment inside a note, which will cause that note to appear as an appointment in TuskTools Calendar, the basic principle is to type the desired date/time of the appointment surrounded by ## at the start and end of your date text.  For example:

##10/14/2011 at 3 pm##
##Next Thur 10:30 - 11:30 AM##

To create a reminder as well, add @ folllowed by the number of minutes prior to the event you want the reminder to pop up.  For example, to have a reminder appear 30 minutes prior to an appointment:

##10/14/2011 at 3 pm##@30

When creating a calendar item, you can enter any date phrase that the program can understand and translate into a date (or date/time combination). There are many different ways you can enter dates and times.  Following are some specific notes about the words and phrases you can use.

• You can specify dates using either numbers or words to represent the month, day, and year (12/5/11, November 21, Feb. twenty-third, Aug 2nd, 6/29 are all valid entries).
  
  
• You can use uppercase or lowercase letters; date interpretations are not case-sensitive.
  
  
• You can specify periods of time, and you can use either numbers or letters (in 2 weeks, in four months).
  
  
• If you don't include a year, TuskTools Calendar assigns a year that puts the date in the future.
  
  
• You can specify a time-of-day along with a date, or a time by itself. If you enter a time without a date, TuskTools Calendar automatically assigns today's date.
  
  
• If you're entering a date and time(s), the date must precede the times.
  
  
• Date/time recognition is based on your computer's current settings, as defined in the Control Panel's "Regional Settings" applet.
  
  
• You can enter times using either a 12-hour or 24-hour clock.
  
  
• If you enter 12-hour times without specifying AM or PM, TuskTools Calendar does its best to intelligently interpret your entry.
  
  
• You can specify multi-day events.  To do this, type two separate date strings in your note body.  For example, to create a multi-day event spanning Nov. 12 to Nov. 14, you can type:
  
  ##11/12/2011##  ##11/14/2011##
  
  
• All date phrases are relative to today's date. This means that TuskTools Calendar does not currently recognize a phrase like "2 weeks from next Tuesday".
  

Here are some additional guidelines and examples for entering dates:

Acceptable date phrase	Examples
1 through 31	Nov. 12, December 3, 23 Aug
1st through 31st	June 25th
first through thirty-first	twenty-fourth of Feb
today	(current system date)
tomorrow	(day after current system date)
yesterday	(day before current system date)
fortnight	(14 days)
in n days, weeks, months	in 4 days, in five months
of	19th of July
next, last	next month, last May 26th
days of the week	last Wed, in 3 Mondays

 

Here are some additional guidelines and examples for entering times:

Acceptable time phrase	Examples
12-hour time	8 AM, 8AM, 8 A, 8 A.M., 8 am, 8am, 8a, 8 a.m., 8:00am, 8:00 a, 8:00 a.m.
24-hour time	0700, 0930, 1830
noon	12:00 pm
midnight, midnite	12:00 am