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Ask HN: Why don't calendars show "x days to event y"?

5 points by leonagano 2y ago

leonagano 2y ago
Imho calendar apps shpuld have a way to visualise “how many days to events”. Currently, I need to calculate myself. I’m lazy I know, but why do I need to subtract event’s day - today rather than having countdowns ready on calendar apps/websites?
NetworkPerson 2y ago
I’m not sure they need to show this specifically? I put an event on my calendar. Any point thereafter, “Hey Siri, how many days to event?” I don’t even need to open the app to get the answer.
WheelsAtLarge 2y ago
here's one: https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/ https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/ Here's a scary thought, 95 days until Jan. 1. 2024 is coming to an end really fast.
dattiimo 2y ago
I built this into https://minicalendar.app https://minicalendar.app (my pet project to learn Blazor). You can also measure the number of days between two events or activities.
ta12653421 2y ago
two similar questions: a) why is there no cancel-button (for wrong selection) on ANY elevator i have seen so far? b) when does Outlook parse automatically the proposed time from an email if i click "make an event out of this mail"-icon any ideas? :-))))
- Leftium 2y ago
  Often pressing the button for the floor again will cancel the stop at that floor. (Possibly limited to Asian elevators?[1]) https://docpop.org/2019/03/how-to-cancel-floors-on-an-elevator/ https://docpop.org/2019/03/how-to-cancel-floors-on-an-elevat... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/rbal1/lpt_you_can_often_cancel_an_elevator_floor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/rbal1/lpt_you_...
LarryMade2 2y ago
Depends on who makes it and how its perceived. If it is something like an up-front ad banner that is shown on the fly - (Movie premieres in 7 days!) it works, if it is somewhere not visited often people may forget to check. I do event lists with the days in between listed... https://doplaces.com/events https://doplaces.com/events I make sure to list the day name as well as I think more about what day it is than the date. X days might be confusing if it's not live like an email or facebook post (which I regularly discover after the events)
Someone 2y ago
Because that’s a rarely used answer for “when is that event?” If it’s a few weeks away, why use something like “in 24 days” rather than “3 weeks from now” (adding “on Wednesday” if more precision is needed)? If it’s close by, isn’t “Friday evening” or “Tuesday next week” way more often a better answer than “in 5 days”? I think “tomorrow” “the day after tomorrow” (and yesterday”) are about the only exceptions to this, but those you can easily glance from the current layout.

5 points by leonagano 2y ago

Imho calendar apps shpuld have a way to visualise “how many days to events”. Currently, I need to calculate myself. I’m lazy I know, but why do I need to subtract event’s day - today rather than having countdowns ready on calendar apps/websites?

NetworkPerson 2y ago

I’m not sure they need to show this specifically? I put an event on my calendar. Any point thereafter, “Hey Siri, how many days to event?” I don’t even need to open the app to get the answer.

WheelsAtLarge 2y ago

here's one: https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/ https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/ Here's a scary thought, 95 days until Jan. 1. 2024 is coming to an end really fast.

dattiimo 2y ago

I built this into https://minicalendar.app https://minicalendar.app (my pet project to learn Blazor). You can also measure the number of days between two events or activities.

ta12653421 2y ago

two similar questions: a) why is there no cancel-button (for wrong selection) on ANY elevator i have seen so far? b) when does Outlook parse automatically the proposed time from an email if i click "make an event out of this mail"-icon any ideas? :-))))

Leftium 2y ago
Often pressing the button for the floor again will cancel the stop at that floor. (Possibly limited to Asian elevators?[1]) https://docpop.org/2019/03/how-to-cancel-floors-on-an-elevator/ https://docpop.org/2019/03/how-to-cancel-floors-on-an-elevat... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/rbal1/lpt_you_can_often_cancel_an_elevator_floor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/rbal1/lpt_you_...

LarryMade2 2y ago

Depends on who makes it and how its perceived. If it is something like an up-front ad banner that is shown on the fly - (Movie premieres in 7 days!) it works, if it is somewhere not visited often people may forget to check. I do event lists with the days in between listed... https://doplaces.com/events https://doplaces.com/events I make sure to list the day name as well as I think more about what day it is than the date. X days might be confusing if it's not live like an email or facebook post (which I regularly discover after the events)

Someone 2y ago

Because that’s a rarely used answer for “when is that event?” If it’s a few weeks away, why use something like “in 24 days” rather than “3 weeks from now” (adding “on Wednesday” if more precision is needed)? If it’s close by, isn’t “Friday evening” or “Tuesday next week” way more often a better answer than “in 5 days”? I think “tomorrow” “the day after tomorrow” (and yesterday”) are about the only exceptions to this, but those you can easily glance from the current layout.