I need to create RRULE string with BYDAY parameter, from my date value.
Is there any natural way to do it?
I wrote this utility code for this purpose:
import calendar
fweek_fday, mdays = calendar.monthrange(date.year, date.month)
# Get weekday of first day and total days in current month
mweeks = ((mdays+fweek_fday-1)//7)+1
# Get total weeks in current month
mday, wday = date.day, date.weekday()
# Get current day of month and current day as day of a week
week_days = ['MO', 'TU', 'WE', 'TH', 'FR', 'SA', 'SU']
week = ((mday+fweek_fday-1)//7)+(1 if wday>=fweek_fday else 0)
# Get current week no
week = -1 if week == mweeks else week
wday = week_days[wday]
output = "BYDAY=%d%s" % (week, wday)
as you said in comment there is no module that I've found yet to make a rule out from a set of constraints. should it be possible for you, you may consider the RDATE rather than going for the BYDAY.
another option for you would be:
import datetime
(y,w,d ) = date.isocalendar()
#w will be the iso week number, d the day of week
(y2,wb,d2) = datetime.datetime(date.year,date.month,1).isocalendar()
wkcount = 1 if d>=d2 else 0
# you need to account whether your date is a weekday after the one of the first of the month or not
print "BYDAY=%d%s"%(w-wb+wkcount,date.strftime("%a").upper()[0:2])
however be careful should your rule also include WKST