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Calendar types in watches

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179 points farslan | 2 comments | 29 Apr 24 17:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.551s | source
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throw0101b ◴[30 Apr 24 18:32 UTC] No.40214473[source]▶
Personally I find it more handy to know day (of week) than date (of month), but I don't think I've every seen a watch that does day-only, usually either date-only or day-date.
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madcaptenor ◴[30 Apr 24 18:38 UTC] No.40214552[source]▶
I think the idea here might be that people already know what day it is but they have to think about the date.
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1. tialaramex ◴[30 Apr 24 19:02 UTC] No.40214862[source]▶
That might even be true for many of the population, but I'm exactly in the target demographic of people who get unsure of such things.

My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year. Because while often I know 0600 from 1800, not always, and on a particularly bad day maybe I'm not even sure which week this is. I didn't need the year really, but it felt appropriately completionist, just in case.

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2. throw0101b ◴[01 May 24 01:03 UTC] No.40218399[source]▶
> My favourite ever gift from friends was that people bought me (last century, long before smartphones) a 24 hour radio synchronized digital alarm clock which knew the day and full date including year.

I know a retiree that got this as a (sort-of, sort-of-not joke) gift because she mentioned that she sometimes forgets the day:

* https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/513-1419v4

(Works best near a window where the radio signal from Colorado can be heard.)