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Pretty neat, though natural language is famously ambiguous. From the example, tu today -> 2024-03-16T12:56:41.905455Z tu tomorrow -> 2024-03-17T12:5

Pretty neat, though natural language is famously ambiguous. From the example, tu today -> 2024-03-16T12:56:41.905455Z tu tomorrow -> 2024-03-17T12:56:41.905455Z I interpret "today" as the time period between 00:00 and 23:59:59.999999, and tomorrow similarly.

NeoTar 3y ago
The classic example is 'next Saturday'. Is this the next Saturday (since today is Friday that would be tomorrow) or the Saturday of next week (i.e. eight days time). And then you end up with needing a locale based week, since different cultures (e.g. US versus UK) use different days to start the week (Sunday/Monday)
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- 38 3y ago
  > 'next Saturday'. Is this the next Saturday (since today is Friday that would be tomorrow) or the Saturday of next week (i.e. eight days time). this is never ambiguous. "saturday" is the saturday of the current week, and "next saturday" is the saturday of the following week
  - wruza 3y ago
    What is “next monday” at saturday?
    - 38 2y ago
      "Monday" is two days after, and "next Monday" is 9 days after
      - erhaetherth 2y ago
        Your boss comes up to you and says "I need this by Tuesday" and then storms out of the room. You look down at your watch to confirm you're not crazy. Today is Tuesday. When does your boss need it by?
        38 2y ago
        boss spoke incorrectly. boss should have said "next tuesday". what you're asking for is essentially AI, which is beyond the scope of this tool
  - wolverine876 2y ago
    > this is never ambiguous What is that based on? Your personal perception is not evidence of wider ambiguity either way (and neither is mine).
dheera 3y ago
also depends if you mean "today in UTC" or "today in local time expressed as UTC". most people want the latter
SrslyJosh 3y ago
Those examples had me puzzled. I would have expected "tu tomorrow" to be 00:00:00 of the next calendar day (converted to UTC), rather than "now + 24 hours". If I wanted a particular time (besides 00:00:00) on the next day, I'd like to be able to input something like "9 AM tomorrow" or "tomorrow +9h".

NeoTar 3y ago

The classic example is 'next Saturday'. Is this the next Saturday (since today is Friday that would be tomorrow) or the Saturday of next week (i.e. eight days time). And then you end up with needing a locale based week, since different cultures (e.g. US versus UK) use different days to start the week (Sunday/Monday)

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38 3y ago
> 'next Saturday'. Is this the next Saturday (since today is Friday that would be tomorrow) or the Saturday of next week (i.e. eight days time). this is never ambiguous. "saturday" is the saturday of the current week, and "next saturday" is the saturday of the following week
- wruza 3y ago
  What is “next monday” at saturday?
  - 38 2y ago
    "Monday" is two days after, and "next Monday" is 9 days after
    - erhaetherth 2y ago
      Your boss comes up to you and says "I need this by Tuesday" and then storms out of the room. You look down at your watch to confirm you're not crazy. Today is Tuesday. When does your boss need it by?
      - 38 2y ago
        boss spoke incorrectly. boss should have said "next tuesday". what you're asking for is essentially AI, which is beyond the scope of this tool
- wolverine876 2y ago
  > this is never ambiguous What is that based on? Your personal perception is not evidence of wider ambiguity either way (and neither is mine).

dheera 3y ago

also depends if you mean "today in UTC" or "today in local time expressed as UTC". most people want the latter

SrslyJosh 3y ago

Those examples had me puzzled. I would have expected "tu tomorrow" to be 00:00:00 of the next calendar day (converted to UTC), rather than "now + 24 hours". If I wanted a particular time (besides 00:00:00) on the next day, I'd like to be able to input something like "9 AM tomorrow" or "tomorrow +9h".