What is the best way to represent “Recurring Events” in database?

The sysjobs, sysjobsschedule and sysschedules tables in SQL Server does a pretty good job of this. I wouldn’t reinvent the wheel, I’d just copy their design.

Here are some of the important fields from sysschedules

freq_type

How frequently a job runs for this schedule.

1 = One time only

4 = Daily

8 = Weekly

16 = Monthly

32 = Monthly, relative to freq_interval

64 = Runs when the SQL Server Agent service starts

128 = Runs when the computer is idle

freq_interval

Days that the job is executed. Depends on the value of freq_type. The default value is 0, which indicates that freq_interval is unused.
Value of freq_type Effect on freq_interval

1 (once) freq_interval is unused (0)

4 (daily) Every freq_interval days

8 (weekly) freq_interval is one or more of the following: 1 = Sunday 2 = Monday 4 = Tuesday 8 = Wednesday 16 = Thursday 32 = Friday 64 = Saturday

16 (monthly) On the freq_interval day of the month

32 (monthly, relative) freq_interval is one of the following: 1 = Sunday 2 = Monday 3 = Tuesday 4 = Wednesday 5 = Thursday 6 = Friday 7 = Saturday 8 = Day 9 = Weekday 10 = Weekend day

64 (starts when SQL Server Agent service starts) freq_interval is unused (0)

128 (runs when computer is idle) freq_interval is unused (0)

freq_subday_type

Units for the freq_subday_interval. Can be one of the following values:
Value Description (unit)

1 At the specified time

2 Seconds

4 Minutes

8 Hours

freq_subday_interval

Number of freq_subday_type periods to occur between each execution of the job.

freq_relative_interval

When freq_interval occurs in each month, if freq_interval is 32 (monthly relative). Can be one of the following values:

0 = freq_relative_interval is unused

1 = First

2 = Second

4 = Third

8 = Fourth

16 = Last

freq_recurrence_factor

Number of weeks or months between the scheduled execution of a job. freq_recurrence_factor is used only if freq_type is 8, 16, or 32. If this column contains 0, freq_recurrence_factor is unused.

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