# Interval displaying error

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860>\
**Category:** Scheduling\
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860 "2024-08-31T16:09:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ukhkbale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e95f7d/32.png) [@ukhkbale](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ukhkbale)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/1 "2024-08-31T16:09:19Z")

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I want to ask why my intervals appear strangely and not according to my option setting?  
My learning steps for new card set as: 15m 1d 6d  
but my new card displays as : \<15m 1day 1day 1.9moth  
why does this happen?  
Thank you all for answering.

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**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/2 "2024-08-31T18:32:28Z")

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Again is showing the first step with `Learn ahead limit`. That’s why the `<` sign. The rest is explained here: [Studying - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/studying.html#learningrelearning-cards)

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/3 "2024-08-31T20:46:43Z")

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Those buttons are not meant to work like: “click which learning step you want to go to.” but they are doing what you told them to do. _Some_ of it is explained at that link, but there are a couple things going on here.

- Again \<15m = 1st step
- Hard 1day = halfway between 1st and next step, so this would be ~12h, but because you’re studying late in the day, that [will cross the day boundary](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#day-boundaries), and it is converted to 1d.
- Good 1day = next step
- Easy 1.9mo = 60d, because that’s what you changed your Easy interval to.

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**Author:** ![ukhkbale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e95f7d/32.png) [@ukhkbale](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ukhkbale)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/4 "2024-09-03T07:54:49Z")

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thank you for your reply, appreciate that

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**Author:** ![ukhkbale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e95f7d/32.png) [@ukhkbale](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ukhkbale)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/5 "2024-09-03T07:55:30Z")

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understand, thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/8 "2024-09-06T22:16:02Z")

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Please don’t post the same thing all over the place. Folks can respond to you in your own thread.

> [@Good interval longer than easy](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/good-interval-longer-than-easy/49102):
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> I want my new cards to be again (5 min), hard (1 day), good (2 days), and easy (3 days), and my new cards do show this time interval. However, as I am in the learning stage, sometimes the good interval is longer than the easy interval. What settings should I adjust while still keeping my new cards at 5 min, 1 day, 2, days, 3 days? I attached a screenshot of the weird scheduling of a learning card and my current settings. For reference, I’m in second year of medical school studying for STEP 1.…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/interval-displaying-error/48860/9 "2024-10-06T22:16:57Z")

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