Can I Import a 2016 Calendar Into a Text Document with Holiday Notations?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the possibility of importing a 2016 calendar into a text document for use in a daily journal, specifically focusing on including holiday notations. Participants explore various methods and tools for achieving this, with an emphasis on text document formats rather than spreadsheets.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested, Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant seeks a way to import a 2016 calendar into LibreOffice as a text document, including dates, days of the week, and holiday annotations.
  • Another participant suggests that while the calendar can be created in a spreadsheet and exported as a text file, the holiday notations are location-dependent and could be added manually.
  • A third participant recommends using applications like Evernote or OneNote for more flexibility, or a dedicated software called RedNotebook.
  • A later reply reiterates the spreadsheet suggestion but emphasizes the importance of holiday annotations, noting the legal significance of USA holidays and the cultural relevance of Mexican holidays.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the best method to achieve the desired calendar format. There is no consensus on a single solution, as some advocate for spreadsheets while others prefer dedicated software or word processors.

Contextual Notes

Participants highlight the dependence on location for holiday annotations, indicating that the number and significance of holidays can vary. There is also an acknowledgment of the effort required to look up holiday definitions.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in journaling, those looking for calendar tools, or users of LibreOffice and similar word processors may find this discussion relevant.

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I keep a daily journal and for next year's journal, I'd like to find an online 2016 calendar that could be imported into a word processor (LibreOffice) as a text document so that each day would have date, day of the week, and annotations about holidays. So the document would look like:

January 1, 2016 Friday New Year's Day
...text to be inserted by me ...
January 2, 2016 Saturday
...text to be inserted by me...
January 3, 2016 Sunday

Anyone know of such a calendar?

I want to import the calendar into a text document, not into a spreadsheet.
 
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Except for the holiday notations, you could create this in any good spreadsheet program, and export it as a text file, in about 2 minutes.

Holidays are location dependent. Depending on your location there are usually in the neighbourhood of 20 holidays per year. You could add those by hand in just a few minutes more.
 
You could try applications like Evernote or Onenote, which will give you much more flexibility than a word processor. Or you could try a dedicated software like:
http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/
 
DEvens said:
Except for the holiday notations, you could create this in any good spreadsheet program, and export it as a text file, in about 2 minutes.
No, I couldn't do that. But I suppose a user of spreadsheets could. The holiday annotations are the only reason that I want to import a calendar. I can type the date,day information as I go along. I want to save myself the effort of looking up the definitions of the holidays.

In my location, the USA holidays have legal significance (e.g. banks being closed) but the Mexican holidays often coincide with local celebrations - e.g. the closing of downtown streets for festivals or parades. So it would be nice to have both annotated.
 

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