diff --git a/configs/samples/say.conf.sample b/configs/samples/say.conf.sample
index de35ee4a6afe7a87e8e0a91dd0937739dcb78054..4cab590b8f394144e46a5351980ea6973cf34c61 100644
--- a/configs/samples/say.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/samples/say.conf.sample
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ mode=old	; method for playing numbers and dates
     _date:[Aa]:. => digits/day-${SAY:16:1}	; day of week
     _date:[de]:. => num:${SAY:6:2}		; day of month
     _date:[H]:. => digits/oh, num:${SAY:8:2}			; hour (oh one, oh two, ..., oh nine, ten, eleven, ..., twenty-three)
-    _date:[I]:. => num:$[${SAY:8:2} % 12]	; hour 0-12
+    _date:[I]:. => num:${IF($[${SAY:8:2} > 12] ? $[${SAY:8:2}%12] : ${SAY:8:2})}	; hour 0-12
     _date:[M]:. => num:${SAY:10:2}		; minute
     ; XXX too bad the '?' function does not remove the quotes
-    ; _date:[pP]:. => digits/$[ ${SAY:10:2} > 12 ? "p-m" :: "a-m"]	; am pm
+    ; _date:[pP]:. => digits/$[ ${SAY:10:2} >= 12 ? "p-m" :: "a-m"]	; am pm
     _date:[pP]:. => digits/p-m	; am pm
     _date:[S]:. => num:${SAY:13:2}		; seconds
     _date:[Ii]:. => num:$[${SAY:8:2} % 12]			; hour 0-12
     _date:[k]:. => num:${SAY:8:2}				; hour (one, two. three, ...,twenty three
     _date:[m]:. => num:${SAY:4:2}				; month number
-    _date:[Q]:. => date:dby ;incompleat				; "today", "yesterday" or ABdY
-    _date:[q]:. => date:dby ;incompleat				; "" (for today), "yesterday", weekday, or ABdY
+    _date:[Q]:. => date:dby ;incomplete				; "today", "yesterday" or ABdY
+    _date:[q]:. => date:dby ;incomplete				; "" (for today), "yesterday", weekday, or ABdY
     _date:[R]:. => date:HM${SAY}				; 24 hour time, including minute
     _date:[T]:. => date:HMS${SAY}				; 24 hour, minure, seconds