YOU SAID:
hey jim, hows your day been?
INTO JAPANESE
ちょっとジム、あなたの一日はどうでしたか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hey Jim, how was your day?
INTO JAPANESE
ジムさん、今日はどうでしたか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Jim, how was it today?
INTO JAPANESE
ジム、今日はどうだった?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Jim, how was it today?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.