How can I use the VBA restrict function to filter for all day reoccurring Outlook calendar appointments that are today? I have a reoccurring appointment every other week and it's set as an all-day appointment.
My attempt:
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Set olApp = Outlook.Application
Set calendarItems = olApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items
'Documentation says sort the collection first, then set include recurrences
'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.items.includerecurrences
calendarItems.Sort "[Start]"
calendarItems.IncludeRecurrences = True
'filter for restrict: [Start] < "<tomorrow>" and [Start] >= "<today>"
criteria = "[Start] < " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now + 1, "Short Date") & Chr(34) & " and [Start] >= " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now, "Short Date") & Chr(34)
Set todayAppointments = calendarItems.Restrict(criteria)
'Print info for debugging
For Each Item In todayAppointments
Debug.Print (Item.Subject & " " & Item.ConversationTopic & " " & Item.Organizer & " " & Item.Start & " " & Item.End)
Next
This will bring up the regular appointments that occur today, but not the reoccurring appointment.
I can get the reoccurring appointment if I expand my filter to be one day before today, i.e. VBA.Format(Now - 1, "Short Date"), then it brings in my reoccurring appointment for today. However, then I also get other appointments for the previous day which is not what I wanted.
Add a time component.
Option Explicit ' Consider this mandatory
' Tools | Options | Editor tab
' Require Variable Declaration
' If desperate declare as Variant
Private Sub ApptToday()
Dim calendarItems As Items
Dim todayAppointments As Items
Dim item As Object
Set calendarItems = Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items
'Documentation says sort the collection first, then set include recurrences
'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.items.includerecurrences
calendarItems.Sort "[Start]"
calendarItems.IncludeRecurrences = True
Dim criteria1 As String
criteria1 = "[Start] < " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now + 1, "Short Date") & Chr(34) & " AND [Start] >= " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now, "Short Date") & Chr(34)
Debug.Print
Debug.Print criteria1
Set todayAppointments = calendarItems.Restrict(criteria1)
'Print info for debugging
For Each item In todayAppointments
If item.Class = olAppointment Then
Debug.Print (item.subject & " " & item.ConversationTopic & " " & item.Organizer & " " & item.Start & " " & item.End)
End If
Next
Dim criteria2 As String
criteria2 = "[Start] < " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now + 1, "Short Date") & " 00:00" & Chr(34) & " AND [Start] >= " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Now, "Short Date") & " 00:00" & Chr(34)
Debug.Print
Debug.Print criteria2
Set todayAppointments = calendarItems.Restrict(criteria2)
'Print info for debugging
For Each item In todayAppointments
If item.Class = olAppointment Then
Debug.Print (item.subject & " " & item.ConversationTopic & " " & item.Organizer & " " & item.Start & " " & item.End)
End If
Next
Dim criteria3 As String
criteria3 = "[Start] < " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Date + 1, "yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn") & Chr(34) & " AND [Start] >= " & Chr(34) & VBA.Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn") & Chr(34)
Debug.Print
Debug.Print criteria3
Set todayAppointments = calendarItems.Restrict(criteria3)
'Print info for debugging
For Each item In todayAppointments
If item.Class = olAppointment Then
Debug.Print (item.subject & " " & item.ConversationTopic & " " & item.Organizer & " " & item.Start & " " & item.End)
End If
Next
End Sub