Incorrect date given by Siri

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Incorrect date given by Siri

I've just downloaded the new MacOS Sierre application onto my MacBook Pro. I've picked up that Siri is not giving me the correct birthday date (in most case a day earlier is given by Siri) For example I've put a birthday date of 16 April 2003 on my Contact list of a person then I go and ask Siri when is this persons birthday, Siri will give me 15 April 2003. This is happening to all of the dates that I've loaded.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Oct 14, 2016 12:26 AM

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Answer 1

anonyme4321

Level 6

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Oct 14, 2016 12:39 AM in response to stevenfromdurban

Hi,

I would check the time zone in the date and time settings.

OS X: Set the date and time on your Mac

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Answer 2

Oct 14, 2016 1:04 AM in response to anonyme4321

hello

I've checked that as well and my location, time and date are corrects. Siri still gives me the wrong date.

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Answer 3

vdubya

Level 1

47 points

Oct 24, 2016 7:51 AM in response to stevenfromdurban

Similar thing here. When I ask "What is scheduled for today?" Siri replies: "I have found ______ items scheduled for today", then shows me a calendar view of the day. The problem is that the date is always October 15th. If I ask Siri the date she tells me the correct date. Cycling Siri on and off doesn't seem to help.

I am on an older (late 2010) MacBook Air. I'm assuming that's the cause for Siri being slow or non-responsive sometimes. When she works, she works pretty good (I don't have a current iOS device so I can't compare performance) but this is definitely one bug I've found. Just today though I realized that there was more info in her response to that question and than just that Oct. 15th information. When I scrolled down I saw the schedule for today as well as tomorrow. That just makes the bug all that weirder.

#twocents

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Answer 4

Oct 24, 2016 7:59 AM in response to stevenfromdurban

I confirm your findings.

Siri speaks the wrong date, although it also simultaneously shows the contact card with the correct date.

It does seem to be somehow location-related.

I am in Portugal, and have my location set correctly. It appears that people in the US do not see the problem, maybe a matter of time zones.

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