Removing "Next Friday" type information from Calendar

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Removing "Next Friday" type information from Calendar

There is an ambiguity in English about the phrase "Next Friday".

When I get a calendar appointment shown in Calendar as occurring "Next Friday" and it is Tuesday, I assume it means Friday next week, in 10 days time. This is in accordance with

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36419/next-friday-vs-this-friday

Unfortunately the iPhone means Friday this week which I would call "This Friday".

It would avoid a lot of confusion if I could set the Calendar app to just show the date, e.g. Friday 2nd October, rather than "Next Friday" (which I think is Friday 9th October).

Is there any way to do this, or alternatively to complain to Apple that this functionality is less than optimal?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 29, 2015 1:29 AM

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tjolly

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Oct 7, 2015 6:28 AM in response to gadget37

Agreed, just noticed this. Very annoying - got my hopes up!

EDIT: Also just noticed that there's no way to stop my real name showing up here. Brilliant, thanks a lot Apple.

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AKRBTN

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Oct 7, 2015 6:38 AM in response to tjolly

Given that virtually nobody's real name is shown on here (mine included), I'm kind of thinking there must be a way.....

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AKRBTN

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Oct 7, 2015 6:40 AM in response to gadget37

Where are you actually seeing this?

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Answer 4

Oct 20, 2015 8:07 AM in response to gadget37

gadget37 wrote:

Is there any way to do this, or alternatively to complain to Apple that this functionality is less than optimal?

Submit your feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

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Oct 7, 2015 7:00 AM in response to tjolly

Thomas Jolliffe wrote:

Agreed, just noticed this. Very annoying - got my hopes up!

EDIT: Also just noticed that there's no way to stop my real name showing up here. Brilliant, thanks a lot Apple.

Whether you intended to or not, you selected your real name as your user name for the forum. I have notified the Hosts that you have a concern about this.

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tjolly

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Oct 7, 2015 7:52 AM in response to tjolly

Thanks for the help, people whose posts I can see in email notifications but not here 😕

EDIT: Having replied I can now see them...think it's best I return to not visiting this inexplicable place!

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tjolly

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Oct 7, 2015 7:54 AM in response to AKRBTN

Right now I have a pending calendar invitation. Viewing the "Inbox" in the calendar app displays as "Next Friday at 10:30" but the meeting is on the 9th.

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Oct 7, 2015 9:18 AM in response to tjolly

tjolly wrote:

Thanks for the help, people whose posts I can see in email notifications but not here 😕

EDIT: Having replied I can now see them...think it's best I return to not visiting this inexplicable place!

This is an ongoing problem with Jive, the software that the forum runs on. It's been especially bad the last couple of days. You may see a bunch of replies that are just a single word or punctuation (I use a period). Those are from people who want to be able to see the latest posts.

I see the Hosts have modified your user name.

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tjolly

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Oct 7, 2015 10:10 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Ah OK, the joys of software! Sadly I can relate, all too well.

Yes they have 🙂 big thanks for your help on that one.

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Oct 7, 2015 10:13 AM in response to tjolly

Weirdly, I'm now seeing your full name again.

Jive is an ongoing source of "entertainment".

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tjolly

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Oct 7, 2015 10:12 AM in response to tjolly

Of course now I've said that it appears to have reverted...I'll hope/assume that this is just more buggy behaviour...

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Oct 7, 2015 10:15 AM in response to tjolly

I notified the Hosts again. Hopefully, next time it will stick.

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gadget37 Author

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Oct 20, 2015 8:08 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks Meg! Now I have Mac time I am able to use this to send the feedback. I was just offered an appointment for "This Tuesday" on my Mac meaning Tue 27 Oct, bizzarely, when This Tuesday is actually today Tue 20 Oct.

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