Hi,

I want to tell my bot for the period 01.06.2017 to 31.07.2017.
i have given question to bot as 1.6.2017 to 31.7.2017

in reply i should get thank you you have told the date as 1.6.2017 to 31.7.2017.

<category>1.6.2017 to 31.7.2017</pattern>
<template> thank you you have told the date as 1.6.2017 to 31.7.2017
</template>
</category>

how it will read as date not as numeric value?

Thanks in Advance.

You will need to allocate variables representing the date. What interpreter are you using? This example assumes you are using Pandorabots:

Then you can manipulate the variables you have set. If you don’t want it as detailed, you could do this:

In both examples, make sure the categories are not accidentally called by input such as, “going to bed”.

Thank you guys .

I have one more query on recognizing the mathematical notation like %

i will ask my bot saying what is the discount % .

i want my bot to reply by saying This product having 70%.

Thank in advance.

You will struggle to do percentages in AIML without a lot of hand coding. Are you expecting the bot to work out the percentage of something or simply to recite what you have told it to say?

Thanks Steve .

I do not want to do % calculation now. I will ask my bot in question as what is the discount %?

In reply i am expecting my bot to tell you are eligible for 70 % discount just it has to say . No calculation .

Thanks in Advance.

Ok. Unfortunately, you still haven’t told me what interpreter you are using, so I will assume Pandorabots again. Pandorabots replaces the % sign with a space, so you would do the following:

If you are not using Pandorabots, check your normal.txt file to see how you are representing %. For example in Program AB, there is the following entry:
“%”,” percent “

So the same category in Program AB would be:

Thanks Steve its working fine.

Always happy to help

Using “-5” works for New York or similar time zones. I however live in Adelaide Australia which is between +9 and +10 but I can’t put +9:30 as the value as it make it display the date instead of the time. I had this trouble 7 years ago. Am I to assume they still have not fixed this?

I was unaware of this issue but I can definitely see the need for minutes as well as hours in the timzone offset. I think some places in India also use part hours. I’m the chair of the AIML Foundation and will propose this suggestion at our next meeting.