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I think the idea here might be that people already know what day it is but they have to think about the date.

throw0101b 2y ago
> I think the idea here might be that people already know what day it is but they have to think about the date. I don't know about you, but for myself I find the days kind of blur together (especially (during-COVID, post-COVID) WFH). I rarely need to know day-of-month.
tialaramex 2y ago
That might even be true for many of the population, but I'm exactly in the target demographic of people who get unsure of such things. My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year. Because while often I know 0600 from 1800, not always, and on a particularly bad day maybe I'm not even sure which week this is. I didn't need the year really, but it felt appropriately completionist, just in case.
- throw0101b 2y ago
  > My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year. I know a retiree that got this as a (sort-of, sort-of-not joke) gift because she mentioned that she sometimes forgets the day: * https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/513-1419v4 https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/513-1419v4 (Works best near a window where the radio signal from Colorado can be heard.)
akira2501 2y ago
I've gone into the office on Saturday more often than I care to admit.
- dylan604 2y ago
  not once ever have I made that mistake. I might have woken up on a Saturday and thought it was a weekday, but well before appearing at work was that confusion cleared up. How does one do that more than once? Even work from home is immediately cleared up once I look at my computer screen.
berkes 2y ago
I'm also that demographic. In my case, a combination of having no kids, being entrepreneur (self employed) and having ADHD. I have to ask people "is it tuesday or monday today" at least once a month. It gives strange looks. People often look at me, clearly trying to figure out if I'm bullshitting them. But I honestly forget such -for me- unnecessary details. But I guess having children, or a regular job, or both, gives a firm anchor of weekends and weekly rhythms. I've had long periods of jobs were I too had such anchors. Best way to explain it, is when you are on holiday (in one place), for a few weeks, you also don't know what day it is. I guess I always have holidays?
- kybernetyk 2y ago
  >But I guess having children, or a regular job, or both, gives a firm anchor of weekends and weekly rhythms. I think it's not having the "regular job". I have a kid whom I daily bring to day care and I regularly don't know what weekday it is. Reminds me of the Downton Abbey joke(not really a joke) about "what is a weekend?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onUkNsXks54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onUkNsXks54
  - AlecSchueler 2y ago
    How do you know if it's the weekend or not?
crazygringo 2y ago
Yup. I totally get (from other comments here) that there are exceptions, because everyone's different! But most people always know exactly what day of the week it is, but rarely know the date. (The only time I'm ever unaware of the day is on vacation occasionally.) And the date is needed basically every time I sign anything on paper, as you almost always put a date next to any signature -- whether you're writing a check, filling out forms at the doctor's office, signing consent forms for an activity, and so forth.

> I think the idea here might be that people already know what day it is but they have to think about the date. I don't know about you, but for myself I find the days kind of blur together (especially (during-COVID, post-COVID) WFH). I rarely need to know day-of-month.

tialaramex 2y ago

That might even be true for many of the population, but I'm exactly in the target demographic of people who get unsure of such things. My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year. Because while often I know 0600 from 1800, not always, and on a particularly bad day maybe I'm not even sure which week this is. I didn't need the year really, but it felt appropriately completionist, just in case.

throw0101b 2y ago
> My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year. I know a retiree that got this as a (sort-of, sort-of-not joke) gift because she mentioned that she sometimes forgets the day: * https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/513-1419v4 https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/513-1419v4 (Works best near a window where the radio signal from Colorado can be heard.)

akira2501 2y ago

I've gone into the office on Saturday more often than I care to admit.

dylan604 2y ago
not once ever have I made that mistake. I might have woken up on a Saturday and thought it was a weekday, but well before appearing at work was that confusion cleared up. How does one do that more than once? Even work from home is immediately cleared up once I look at my computer screen.

berkes 2y ago

I'm also that demographic. In my case, a combination of having no kids, being entrepreneur (self employed) and having ADHD. I have to ask people "is it tuesday or monday today" at least once a month. It gives strange looks. People often look at me, clearly trying to figure out if I'm bullshitting them. But I honestly forget such -for me- unnecessary details. But I guess having children, or a regular job, or both, gives a firm anchor of weekends and weekly rhythms. I've had long periods of jobs were I too had such anchors. Best way to explain it, is when you are on holiday (in one place), for a few weeks, you also don't know what day it is. I guess I always have holidays?

kybernetyk 2y ago
>But I guess having children, or a regular job, or both, gives a firm anchor of weekends and weekly rhythms. I think it's not having the "regular job". I have a kid whom I daily bring to day care and I regularly don't know what weekday it is. Reminds me of the Downton Abbey joke(not really a joke) about "what is a weekend?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onUkNsXks54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onUkNsXks54
- AlecSchueler 2y ago
  How do you know if it's the weekend or not?

crazygringo 2y ago

Yup. I totally get (from other comments here) that there are exceptions, because everyone's different! But most people always know exactly what day of the week it is, but rarely know the date. (The only time I'm ever unaware of the day is on vacation occasionally.) And the date is needed basically every time I sign anything on paper, as you almost always put a date next to any signature -- whether you're writing a check, filling out forms at the doctor's office, signing consent forms for an activity, and so forth.