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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha? by mejutoco on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:28PM (#29133955)
I do the same for basic calculations. I was surprised things like 9:00 EST in CET don‘t work in google search, but do in WA.
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha? by einarvollset on Saturday November 06, 2021 @06:22PM (#29134379)
Works for me: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=9%3A00%20EST%20in%20CE...
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha? by mejutoco on Saturday November 06, 2021 @08:29PM (#29135225)
You are absolutely right. I misremembered. Using GMT does indeed work only on WA:

9:00 GMT-7 in CET

https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=9%3...

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=9%3A00+GMT-7+in+CET

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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha? by saalaa on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:37AM (#29136618)
Google handles GMT and UTC but doesn't handle offsets from there and, frankly, it's understandable and I wouldn't bother either. What it does handle though is countries and their DST settings:

> 9:00 UTC in Thailand

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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha? by kgermino on Saturday November 06, 2021 @11:34PM (#29136334)
Ohh does WA respect time zones in searches?

A regular complaint I have with google is (simplified example) converting EDT to MST. Google will “helpfully” correct me and convert EDT to MDT instead, which is explicitly not what I asked for. It’s stupid (I can usually figure it out on my own) but that would be a huge win for me.

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