Siri can't count time between days apparently?

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Siri can't count time between days apparently?

I just updated to iOS 8 today on my 5S and I was asking Siri how many days until October 24. She replied succinctly "It's twenty-nine days until then". Problem is, it's 31 days until October 24. Did Siri forget to do math with the iOS 8 update? Anyone else see this issue?

Just tested it again and found that if I ask "How many days til September 25" it goes through Wolfram Alpha and gives me the correct "two days". Asking "How many days until September 25" and Siri appears to do the math herself and responds with "It's 20 hours until then."

Asking Siri what the current time is gives me "It's 8:40 PM. Good evening", asking what today's date is gives "It's Tuesday, September 23, 2014". So it's apparently not the date/time settings... This is just plain odd.

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 23, 2014 5:44 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 23, 2014 5:59 PM in response to ckuan

Using the word "until" seems to be the key to the issue. Ask specifically "How many days until October 24". I've had a few friends test it on this side of the pond and they're all getting incorrect info until Siri happens to check against Wolfram Alpha.

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Answer 2

Sep 23, 2014 6:09 PM in response to ckuan

Interesting that it's not giving incorrect answers on that side of the pond. Can you try one more for me? Ask "How many days until September 25". Here in the Eastern time zone it's saying "It's 20 hours until then." In the Central time zone it's saying "It's 19 hours until then."

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Answer 3

Sep 23, 2014 6:19 PM in response to ckuan

Hmm. Maybe the issue is regional?

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Answer 4

Sep 23, 2014 6:39 PM in response to ckuan

Sadly no difference. It's not a big issue by any means, especially since I now know how to word my query so Siri checks against Wolfram Alpha which has been correct, but it's an interesting bug.