Illustrative example. The dates and amounts below are provided for practice.
A work anniversary began January 3, 2020. An export is intended to add future reminders, not to recreate every past anniversary.
Save the recurring record
Enter Work Anniversary with the original start and Every year. Export that record as ICS. The exporter starts an ordinary annual series at its next occurrence, including today if it falls on the occasion.
For a reproducible reference of December 30, 2026, the shared engine selects January 3, 2027. The interval is four elapsed days.
Inspect the actual export
The on-screen exporter uses the browser's current local date rather than a historical reference field. Its DTSTART may therefore be a later year when you try this example. The stable expectation is January 3 and a yearly recurrence rule, anchored at the next valid occurrence.
Imported copies are snapshots. Editing the local start or note later does not automatically update the external calendar.
Keep the full JSON backup when preserving the original 2020 record matters. ICS is designed for the calendar occurrences. Check the first occurrence and a later year after import before relying on reminders.