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Wow, this is a great example of how crap Siri is. Let's do this – all of these work perfectly with Google Assistant: "Time in PST" gives me 3 links. The first
by lelandfe 5y ago
Wow, this is a great example of how crap Siri is. Let's do this – all of these work perfectly with Google Assistant:
"Time in PST" gives me 3 links. The first 404's, the second has no clock but alerts "No locations currently on PST" (which is true, its PDT right now – but come on), and the 3rd has no clock but prompts me to install a "FREE iOS app." Fail, big time.
"What time is it in PST" gets me a web snippet showing "PST is 8 hours behind UTC." Fail.
"What's the current time in Pacific Standard Time" runs it through Wolfram, giving me a LOT of unrelated info but admittedly also a clock showing the correct time. Success... sort of. Wouldn't help while driving.
"What's the current time in PST" gives me "Sorry, I can't help with that, but you can ask me the time for a specific city." Fail.
"What's the current time in Los Angeles" correctly shows me a Siri prompt with the time. Success.
- suction 5y agoI'd never think of asking it what the time in my particular city is. I reckon that's how "normies" think time works, and Apple has tuned Siri to their needs? As opposed to the needs of people who may have some knowledge about nerd things like time zones?
- withinboredom 5y agoSure, but conference calls usually come with a timezone and time, not a city (which isn’t exactly unique to a timezone)
- eldaisfish 5y agoon most interfaces, timezones usually specify a region or a few cities as examples.
- darkwater 5y agoIt clearly means that you, as a normal user, shouldn't care about time zones. It's an implementation detail you should not be aware. What are you doing, asking about specific timezones?