Determine NFP announcement day

I need to automate when NFP announcements are delivered so my EA can close out of positions XX minutes beforehand. Unforunately, the NFP report does not always occur the first Friday of each month at 8:30 AM. Is there some rules that guide when the announcements are delivered? Or, do I need to manually monitor the date?

as there are only 12 NFP announcements in a year, why don't you just have an input file with the 12 dates (or parameters)

the dates for all NFP announcements can always be found ahead of time

by using a file you could also block out other days as well

Yes I realize that can be done but I was looking for something else. Do you know if all dates are pre-announced at the beginning of the year or how far in advance? And, historically, what has been the likelihood of a date being changed even after it was previously announced?

I was hoping to find some rule such that if the first Friday of the Monday occured on the first day of the month (such as was the case October 1, 2010) then the announce date is shifted forward one week. If there exists no hard and set rule, then, yes, I realize I have to monitor the dates with a manual input override.

dates are pre-announced at beginning of year and not subject to change

if you was trying to build in logic then you would also have to take into acct. us holidays etc.

file is the way to go (and much easier)

Thanks. Yeah given all the variables sounds like parsing a file is the way to go. Do you have a URL you'd recommend which lists just the NFP dates? I've searched around bis.gov and they lump everything together into monthly schedules. Or, is it possible at FF to save a file of just upcoming (and historical for backtesting) dates for a specific report?

Thanks