Fitbit SimpleCalendar Operations

(last update 2024-01-09 Versions x.2.09 - Versa's, Versa 2,3,4 , Sense, Sense 2)     


Professional Calendar


Sunday

Calendar Week starts Sunday
Monday

Calendar Week starts Monday

Quick Guide


Navigation

  • Use << to go to a previous year
  • Use >> to go to a following year
  • Use < to go to a previous month
  • Use > to go to a following month
  • Double tap of the calendar view to return directly to the month view of today
  • Long press to get to the calculation screen to select specific dates

Scrolling
  • Swipe Up to go to a previous year
  • Swipe Down to go to a following year
  • Swipe Right to go to a previous month
  • Swipe Left to go to a following month
  • Tip: To scroll, tap a Date in the calendar and drag it either horizontally or vertically for best results


Date selection and Calculation [from Vx.2.02]

  • Long press calendar to enter this mode
calc


To consult your Agenda

  • Double tap any part of the start date to open the Agenda
  • This assumes the App is available on your watch

 To select a specific date

  • Select any of the three "Current" [year, month, day] fields
  • Change the value as required using the 2 Adjust buttons ["+", "-"] at the bottom.
  • Tapping the close button returns to the calendar for the year and month selected in "Current"
  • The selected day in that month will be highlighted in green


To add/subtract units to a date

  • Select any of the four date adjustment fields [years, months, weeks, days]
  • Adjust the value using the 2 Adjust buttons ["+", "-"] at the bottom.
  • The chosen values can be added or subtracted from the "Start" date by
  • using the "Start +" or "Start -" buttons
  • The result will appear in "Current"
  • Tapping the close button returns to the calendar for the year and month selected in "Current"
  • The selected day in that month will be highlighted in green

EG. To find the date in a fortnight [ 2 weeks] from now [see photo above]
Select Weeks, tap "+" twice, tap
"Start +", the date will be shown in "Current",
close this mode and the calendar will display that date in green


To calculate date difference from currently showing calendar month

  • The "Start" date will display today's month and day [in red] or the last selected month
  • Select any of the four date adjustment fields [years, months, weeks, days]
  • Adjust the value using the 2 Adjust buttons ["+", "-"] at the bottom.
  • The chosen values can be added or subtracted from the "Start" date by
  • using the "Start +" or "Start -" buttons
  • The result will appear in "Current"
  • Tapping the close button returns to the calendar for the year and month selected in "Current"
  • The selected day in that month will be highlighted in green


To calculate date difference from 2 specific dates

  • Similar to the previous method
  • Long press the calendar, adjust the "Current" date to be the first desired date
  • Tap the close button and immediately long press again
  • Now "Start" date will contain the first date for calculation
  •  Adjust the "Current" date to be the second date
  • Tap "Calc diff" to see the days between the 2 dates.

Tip: The 2 Adjust buttons at the bottom are both single, and if held, multiple value adjusters.
The field will continue scrolling values for as long as the button is held.


Other features

  • To do an immediate close of the SimpleCalendar, press the back button.
  • To see the About and then close, two separate clicks on the Year.
  • Or after a couple of minutes the App will auto close.
  • On close the clock will be shown again automatically.
  • New: Time Zone now shown in the About screen - useful for checking watch setting time zone
  • To change the first day of the week between Sunday and Monday, double tap on the Day title row.
  • It will automatically default to the value chosen in the Fitbit App settings at each start up


Watch integration

  • SimpleCalendar must be installed separately on the watch to be used as an Addon for SimpleClockPro see: http://guytec.com/Fitbit
  •  Once installed, SimpleCalendar can be started by clicking on SimpleClockPro, Day of the week


Standalone mode

  • SimpleCalendar can also be installed as a standalone App, in this case,
  • Tip: For Sense and Versa 3 watches, Use the watch Settings to assign SimpleCalendar 
  •  to the watch long press short-cut for easy starting
  • For All watches SimpleCalendar can alsobe moved to the first Apps screen

New: Transparency

  • App uses full Brightness for helping with better contrast for it's transparent options.
  • This is automatically disabled between the hours of 20:00 and 07:00
  • If necessary, in the watch Settings menu temporarily set Brightness to Max before starting.


Calendar
releases (V4 - Ionic & Versa's, V5 - Sense, Versa 3,
V6 - Sense 2, Versa 4)



Vx.2.09 - 2024-01-09

  • Improved tactile feedback

Vx.2.08 - 2022-07-19

  • Added Agenda access

Vx.2.07 - 2021-08-31

  • Added Agenda access
  • Date calculation consistency improvements [JavaScript rules]

Vx.2.05 - 2021-08-30

  • Improved direct jump to the month of today

Vx.2.04 - 2021-08-23

  • Add direct jump to the month of today
  • Display improvements for calculations

Vx.2.02 - 2021-08-20

  • New date selection and calculation facility added

Vx.1.21 - 2021-07-19

  • Tactile feedback given for all activities
Vx.1.20 - 2021-07-05
  • New: Quick close added - double click on Year
  • Tactile feedback given for some activities

Vx.1.19 - 2021-06-24

  • New: First day of the week can only be changed by tapping the Daily title row [reduces inadvertent change]
  • Tactile feedback given when scrolling to help with the motion
  • Time Zone display added in About display for verifying watch settings

Vx.1.18 - 2021-06-16

  • First day of the week defaults to Fitbit App settings [can still be changed]

Vx.1.17 - 2021-06-14

  • Improved closing sensitivity

Vx.1.16 - 2021-06-13

  • Improved today date display
  • Added scrolling

Vx.1.11 - 2021-06-07

  • Initial release