Episode 138 - Time After Time
Mar 16, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 138
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Episode description
With Daylight Saving Time ending in the US last weekend, Mark and Allen figured it would be a good... time... to take a look at what date and time features are available to voice developers on Alexa, Alexa APL, Google Dialogflow, Google App Actions, and Jovo. Not to mention discussing the role of ISO-8601 date/time formats, JavaScript libraries such as Luxon, and why UTC isn't always the right time zone.
Resources:
- Luxon: https://moment.github.io/luxon/
- Alexa Date/Time slots: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/slot-type-reference.html#numbers-dates-times
- APL localtime: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-data-binding-evaluation.html#localtime
- Dialogflow system entities: https://cloud.google.com/dialogflow/cx/docs/reference/system-entities
- Jovo Time Zone plugin: https://www.jovo.tech/marketplace/plugin-timezone
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