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David the Medium-Sized replied on August 08, 2008 17:01 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

Oops, they updated to allow:

Remember X on 9/1 @reminder 7 days before

be sure to say "before"

David the Medium-Sized replied on August 08, 2008 16:42 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

You can also implement Norbiq's solution in one e-mail using two lines:

Remember wash dog on 9/1
Remind me to "wash dog on 9/1" 8/15

Elizabeth Wiley started following the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy.

pjk replied on June 02, 2008 23:35 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

Well it could work, I would just have to send two jotts. It would just be nice to be able to have it work all as one.

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

norbiq replied on June 02, 2008 23:13 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

Using email, you can do it in two steps. First, you create an item with:

remind me the picnic Aug 2

then, once you receive a confirmation from Sandy, you reply:

remind me jul 30

That way you will get an appointment on Aug 2 with a reminder on jul 30.

I guess that solution will not work with Jott.

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pjk replied on June 02, 2008 22:37 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

OK well I was able to do it with Jott by saying open quote, and end quote. However it still does not schedule the actual event, just the reminder.

What I want to do is say remind me about "the picnic on August 2nd" on July 30th.

I want the reminder on the 30th which I am getting, but it's still not scheduling the actual event on August 2nd.

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DMee started following the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy.

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pjk replied on June 01, 2008 00:58 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

I would like this as well. I don't like having to go to the website and manually set the reminder for an earlier date.

norbiq replied on May 31, 2008 22:59 to the discussion "How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?" in I want Sandy:

This should work the way you expect, send:

remind me "Renew Drivers license by 6/13" tue 9am

It should create an item "Renew Drivers license by 6/13" with a reminder set on next tuesday @ 9am

amagination started a conversation in I want Sandy on May 31, 2008 22:46:

How do I get a reminder on a certain date for a future deadline without Sandy trying to logically link together those dates?

I frequently have a deadline or appointment coming up that I need to ensure I don't forget with a tickler. So for instance, say that I want to make sure I renew my Drivers license by 6/13. But I am only out of the office Tuesday morning, and no other time until then, therefore I try telling Sandy:

remind tues 9am Renew Drivers license by 6/13

Instead of telling me "Renew Drivers License by 6/13" on Tues 9AM, she strings together these two apparent dates illogically:

Fri, 6/13 9:00am - Wed, 6/3/2009 9:00am Renew Drivers

This doesn't make sense! I want Sandy to remind me on Tues, then I can snooze it for 24 hours or so if I can't go get my driver's license renewed.

How do I make Sandy understand me??

Thanks!