And to add to this, you can ask how many days are between 2 dates. For example, I could ask “How many days are between January 12 and February 28”. SIRI will provide the answer which is 47 days. Wording is sometimes a bit tricky because if I ask “How many days is it from January 12 to February 28” it doesn’t understand the question.
It seems with some things SIRI is becoming more finicky when it comes to how you ask even though when Apple released SIRI they made a big deal out of how you can just talk to SIRI in normal language. I also used to be able to ask SIRI how long it was until popular holidays, but when I just asked “How long until Easter”, SIRI answered “3 months”. This is sort of correct, but Easter is on Sunday, April 5 which is 94 days from today and when I asked SIRI “How long until Pentacost” the anser came back as “4 months” which is even less correct since SIRI told me correctly that Pentacost was on May 24 which is 1 week shy of 5 months. SIRI also correctly can answer when my birthday is and that of my wife, but when I ask “How many days is it until my wife’s birthday”, it wants to do a web search for that. Definitely a bit inconsistent. It’s funny, but when SIRI first came out Apple said it was a beta version and I have never heard officially that it was out of beta. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Mitchel Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Simply ask SIRI, was: AN INDEPENDENT PLUG FOR APPLEVIS you can also ask her how many days have elapsed since a specific date. From: Cheryl Homiak <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2015 10:56 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Simply ask SIRI, was: AN INDEPENDENT PLUG FOR APPLEVIS Oh this is so cool! I just asked about a date several years in the past that I wanted to check and siri gave me the day of the week with no problem. I guess it shouldn't be any surprise that siri can do this but i'd just never thought to try it before! Thanks! -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 1, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Carol, Another very easy way to find out what weekday a particular date is to simply ask SIRI. I use this a lot for my business when I have to pay invoices and maybe I have an invoice which is due on April 7 and I want to know if this is a weekend or not. So, I simply invoke SIRI and ask “What day is April 7”. I just did this as I am typing the message and SIRI replied “It’s Tuesday, April 7, 2015”. If you are asking about a date which is in the future, but in the same year, you don’t have to include the year when you ask. E.g. as it is January 1 today, I can ask anything up to December 31, 2015 simply by asking “What date is July 3” or what date is October 25” without including “2015”. If I want to know what day Christmas 1988 was, I would then have to include the year and ask “What day was December 25, 1988” and the same applies if the date is beyond 2015. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 8:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: AN INDEPENDENT PLUG FOR APPLEVIS Hi all, I just want to tell everyone, in case we have newcomers, how very helpful I'm finding both this list and also, for more clarification so often, the resources of AppleVis with so many helpful useful and informative podcasts. I have listened to a number of podcasts now and just today picked up an app called DatePicker which is nice and simple and does just what I need it to do right now, that is, to tell me what day of the week a particular date falls! Thanks so much for this little gem. I hope others find it useful also. I found it easily enough in the UK Store and there were only three listed. It was the first! For those additional resources, go to http://www.applevis.com/ Carol P -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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