Alarm Module: Error setting alarm to today's date

[rbtylee]

Open module settings, click Add to add a date. In the Alarm Configuration: Setup window give the alarm a name and adjust Schedule. Under One Day click . Today. Now click either Test this alarm or Apply. An Alarm Module error message pops up:

Error, The alarm was not added!

The date you entered is before now.

[rbtylee]

Ok closely examining the code, I have determined all functions are working as expected. What is going on is a confusing User Interface. When I clicked Today I was thinking Schedule would set the alarm hours and minutes from NOW. Instead it is setting the Alarm hours and minutes from the beginning of today. SO if it is 6 am and I want the alarm to go off in 15 minutes then I would have to set the hour to 6 and the minutes to 15. Not very convenient for a typical user case where you are cooking something and using the alarm as a timer. Imagine the time is 6:48 pm, then I would have to set the hours to 19, and the minutes to 3 corresponding to 7:03 pm. Do you really want our users to have to do arithmetic Modulo 24 and Modulo 60 to be able to handle such a typical user case?

I propose a change in user interface, but would like some feedback on this.

[thewaiter]

What about adding the timer feature if we want to use it as cooking alarm?
Hard to say how many people use this module and if they will appreciate our effort...

[rbtylee]

Ran into this issue again today seems no one has addressed it :(