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I am disappoint, Wolfram Alpha

11 points by chrisrhoden 15y ago

marknutter 15y ago
I cringe so hard when I see Reddit style memes like "I am disappoint" on HN. Please, please don't let this become commonplace..
- chrisrhoden 15y ago
  Point taken.
  - topbanana 15y ago
    TYL
eroded 15y ago
This isn't wrong - /any/ time zone has a constant 24 hour delta before those two points in time. What is changing is your time zone from, say, GMT to BST.
- chrisrhoden 15y ago
  A move between non-DST and DST is considered a time zone change - in my case from EST to EDT. This time zone change is listed there. It says 1:00pm EST to 1:00pm EDT on the page linked, and so it is incorrect.
- danpker 15y ago
  It provides the right output if the right timezone is given: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+march+10+and+1pm+est+march+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+m...
  - chrisrhoden 15y ago
    http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+march+10+and+1pm+edt+march+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+m...
  - arundelo 15y ago
    I see 24 hours (not the correct 23) when I follow that link. Edit: Now I see that the link has both times in EST, which is not on point. See chrisrhoden's link in a sibling to this comment.
coenhyde 15y ago
I am not sure what you are disappointed about. A more descriptive title would be good.
- arundelo 15y ago
  It says that there are 24 hours between 1pm EST March 10 and 1pm EDT March 11, when there are really 23. It's probably using my IP address (and the original poster's IP address) to pick these timezones, so you may see something different, but it also gives the incorrect number of hours if you specify the timezones: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Hours+between+1pm+EST+March+10+and+1pm+EDT+March+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Hours+between+1pm+EST+M... It also gives 0.9583 (23/24) as the amount of days, so one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.
Sword_Monkey 15y ago
I'm disappointed that it won't intepret gmt and bst when entered into the search bar, but it clearly knows what they are in the results. Ergo you can't search; "hours between 1pm GMT march 10 and 1pm BST march 11 2012" http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+GMT+march+10+and+1pm+BST+march+11+2012 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+GMT+m... And get a desired response. In fact it really screws up. Going to keep trying, also I thought that BST kicked in at the end of March. (Google informs me: 25th march)
argos 15y ago
if you add a location, it gives you the right answer... example: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+march+10+and+1pm+march+11+2012+in+new+york http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+march... 0.9583 days = 22 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds the time change does not apply everywhere, in places near the equator there is no daylight saving time change.
willfarrell 15y ago
The result is accurate. Add a location (ie ontario, Canada) to the end of the query. Not every place has Daylight savings time.
- chrisrhoden 15y ago
  This still says 24 hours for me. Is this different from what you're seeing?
ilija139 15y ago
I'm disappointed at you...

11 points by chrisrhoden 15y ago

I cringe so hard when I see Reddit style memes like "I am disappoint" on HN. Please, please don't let this become commonplace..

chrisrhoden 15y ago
Point taken.
- topbanana 15y ago
  TYL

eroded 15y ago

This isn't wrong - /any/ time zone has a constant 24 hour delta before those two points in time. What is changing is your time zone from, say, GMT to BST.

chrisrhoden 15y ago
A move between non-DST and DST is considered a time zone change - in my case from EST to EDT. This time zone change is listed there. It says 1:00pm EST to 1:00pm EDT on the page linked, and so it is incorrect.
danpker 15y ago
It provides the right output if the right timezone is given: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+march+10+and+1pm+est+march+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+m...
- chrisrhoden 15y ago
  http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+march+10+and+1pm+edt+march+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+est+m...
- arundelo 15y ago
  I see 24 hours (not the correct 23) when I follow that link. Edit: Now I see that the link has both times in EST, which is not on point. See chrisrhoden's link in a sibling to this comment.

coenhyde 15y ago

I am not sure what you are disappointed about. A more descriptive title would be good.

arundelo 15y ago
It says that there are 24 hours between 1pm EST March 10 and 1pm EDT March 11, when there are really 23. It's probably using my IP address (and the original poster's IP address) to pick these timezones, so you may see something different, but it also gives the incorrect number of hours if you specify the timezones: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Hours+between+1pm+EST+March+10+and+1pm+EDT+March+11 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Hours+between+1pm+EST+M... It also gives 0.9583 (23/24) as the amount of days, so one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.

Sword_Monkey 15y ago

I'm disappointed that it won't intepret gmt and bst when entered into the search bar, but it clearly knows what they are in the results. Ergo you can't search; "hours between 1pm GMT march 10 and 1pm BST march 11 2012" http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+GMT+march+10+and+1pm+BST+march+11+2012 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+GMT+m... And get a desired response. In fact it really screws up. Going to keep trying, also I thought that BST kicked in at the end of March. (Google informs me: 25th march)

argos 15y ago

if you add a location, it gives you the right answer... example: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+march+10+and+1pm+march+11+2012+in+new+york http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hours+between+1pm+march... 0.9583 days = 22 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds the time change does not apply everywhere, in places near the equator there is no daylight saving time change.

willfarrell 15y ago

The result is accurate. Add a location (ie ontario, Canada) to the end of the query. Not every place has Daylight savings time.

chrisrhoden 15y ago
This still says 24 hours for me. Is this different from what you're seeing?

ilija139 15y ago

I'm disappointed at you...