# Natural language processing for date chooser

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/natural-language-processing-for-date-chooser/199608>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/natural-language-processing-for-date-chooser/199608 "2021-08-07T18:18:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/natural-language-processing-for-date-chooser/199608/3 "2021-08-10T15:58:24Z")

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> [@Grayden\_Shand](#):
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> Also, another UX pattern to consider is automatically replacing date strings in the body of a post with Discourse date/time objects. Sort of like one-boxing but for dates. E.g. if I type “next monday at 2pm” in my post, it automatically converts that to August 17, 2021 1:00 PM .

I really like this idea!

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