# Topic timers' use wrong dates

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timers-use-wrong-dates/109819>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** topic-timers\
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timers-use-wrong-dates/109819 "2019-02-22T13:07:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timers-use-wrong-dates/109819/5 "2019-02-22T16:24:00Z")

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I’ve run into this too, I think one reason against it is that on Mondays “Next week” and “In 7 days” are identical.

Personally I agree that I’d use “in 7 days” more often than “two weeks” (but in a work environment “two weeks” does fit the common scenario of taking a week off)

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