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when is tomorrow
after midnight, is tomorrow tomorrow or is tomorrow the day after tomorrow?
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Inappropriate?I want to get this right so you're asking whether saying tomorrow to Sandy will schedule an item for the next day or the day after? Well, if it's 1am on May 1 now then scheduling something for tomorrow @ 2pm will schedule it on May 2 @ 2pm. On the other hand if it was 11pm on Apr 30 then scheduling something for tomorrow at @ 2pm would create an item on May 1 @ 2pm. The date changes at midnight but you already know that :)1 Comment
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OK, that's what I was afraid of. Sometimes I put reminders at night after midnight, but when I say "tomorrow" I actually mean "after I wake up", if you know what I mean.
So, suppose it's 12:01 am and I want a reminder in the morning (say at 7 or with my regular reminders), should I just put a time? Can I say "in the morning" or "in the afternoon"? What would those things get me?
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Inappropriate?In that case you just need to declare the time of the reminder. Alternatively, you can say Today 7am to make sure it's definitely Today :) Instead of stating the actual time you may try to say 'morning' (never tried that myself) and Sandy should set up a reminder around 7am or 8 am. It definitely works for 'tonight' (that I tried) where Sandy sets the reminder at 8pm. 'Evening' is for 6pm.
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Inappropriate?Hi Liz.
[Thanks, Norbiq, for diving in.]
We've worked with Sandy so that she understands what you're most likely to mean. But there is some grey area (as you've found) somewhere between midnight and 2am where the person sitting next to you might take the leap and assume you mean today rather than tomorrow when you say "tomorrow" — but there's a heck of a lot of context and assumption involved there that would be confusing at best to have Sandy approximate.
Is 2am the cut-off? 3am? ... Did you just look at the clock and say "tomorrow" when you actually meant tomorrow or have meandered past the midnight hour without realizing it? It gets muddy pretty quickly — and that's something we want to avoid having Sandy make too many "clever" assumptions about. (Not to mention Sandy most likely just recommending you get more sleep ;-).)
So, indeed, when you say "tomorrow", that's relative to when it is right now — whether you know when right now is or not.
—Rael
P.s. I've done this myself, I have to admit; Sandy just recommends I avoid confusion by going to bed earlier.
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Thanks, Rael, that's very helpful (especially on the sleep point :)
So, if I say "in the morning" does that mean something specific? Does it mean "today in the morning"? How about "in the afternoon"? Or is it just better to give a time?
I don't mean to nitpick, I've just gotten so used to Sandy understanding me that it almost surprises me when she doesn't know what I'm thinking... It's the first to-do type list tool that I've ever used for more than a week.. thank you!
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Inappropriate?Saying "in the morning" will give you a morning time (there is a set time-somewhere between 7 & 9 AM-but I forget exactly). There is also a set time for if you say "in the evening" or "in the afternoon." I have done this when the exact time didn't matter and it worked fine.
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