>The trick = nearest squad date → leftover → walk from the Doomsday.
When i do the 31/OCT, the solution show 10/10 as nearest squadday, i though 11/7 is the nearest ?
Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
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#13Never thought of this , actually enjoyed learning it. Now it is time to surprise my friends.
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#14Awesome site and guide, I just don't understand why all dates have the month in front of the date.
Isn't this very confusing to anyone outside US?
I get why it defaulted to this format, but in this day and age - it's trivial to automatically adjust it to the user's localization / preferences.
Re: Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
#15Awesome site and guide, I just don't understand why all dates have the month in front of the date. Isn't this very confusing to anyone outside US? I get why it defaulted to this format, but in this day and age - it's trivial to automatically adjust it to the user's localization / preferences.
Yes that tripped me up a few times.
I’d also suggest that when the user guesses wrong and you show the “correct” working, also continue to show the date so they can work it through correctly. The date changes right away so you can’t rework it and understand your mistake.
Re: Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
#16Learned something new. Cool stuff. Thanks for the website.
Re: Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
#17Awesome site and guide, I just don't understand why all dates have the month in front of the date. Isn't this very confusing to anyone outside US? I get why it defaulted to this format, but in this day and age - it's trivial to automatically adjust it to the user's localization / preferences.
It’s actually what put me off.
Re: Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
#18Cool site! thank you
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I can’t decide whether I find the AI writing or AI design more offensive.
Laughable that the footer has the stereotypical “made with <3” tagline (because of course AI has to use an emoji instead of words), for a site that almost certainly took less time to prompt than it takes to read it.
Re: Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
#20Awesome site and guide, I just don't understand why all dates have the month in front of the date. Isn't this very confusing to anyone outside US? I get why it defaulted to this format, but in this day and age - it's trivial to automatically adjust it to the user's localization / preferences.
There are only two dates that aren't symmetrical - 3/14 and 2/28 - and they are easier to remember in the mm/yy format.