[sen]

I did a similar thing with ChatGPT-4o giving it a txt file list of movie names, and it returned the release date of each one, then gave me an iCal file of all those movies with their release dates as recurring yearly anniversary events so I can watch my favorite movies on their anniversary.

I’ve done it for a few friends as well now and it’s got a 100% success rate so far, across over 100 total movie names.

[dotancohen]

To bad that wouldn't work for good music albums. For many years (still, maybe?) albums would come out on Tuesdays. So one day of the week you'd have them all bunched up together.

That's how I remember that September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday. Album day, and there was a good one that day, too.

[sahmeepee]

You wouldn't have them bunched up if you were celebrating the anniversaries, unless all the music you were interested in was from the same year (or only years where 11 September was a Tuesday, say).

[dotancohen]

Oh, right, good point )) I should take the rest of the day off.

[glasshug]

Still happens, but it’s Friday now! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Release_Day

[wiether]

Weirdly enough, I always think that 9/11 was a Friday; and now Album day is Friday!

[Tempest1981]

Jay-Z? Or Bob Dylan?

[slfnflctd]

I always think of God Hates Us All by Slayer. Can't quite pinpoint exactly why.

[dotancohen]

That's the one!

[stavros]

Did you go back and check all the dates?

[sen]

Yup, we tried scraping IMDB for dates too to compare which method was easiest/best and it was spot on (and easier!). I guess the release dates are mentioned enough around the web that it has enough reference. It does use the US release dates for everything though which was one issue, but that’s almost always the first release for major movies anyway.

[stavros]

Oh nice! Though I'd probably ask it to write some parsing code for the page instead, that way I'm more sure that the results are OK...

[orhmeh09]

That is a really fun idea, I love it.