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feat(system-prompt): add formatted date with day of week

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Fixes #1897

The system prompt now includes the full formatted date (e.g.,
"Sunday, January 25th, 2026 — 12:40 PM") above the timezone,
so agents no longer have to guess what day it is.

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Trenton Sadrakula 2026-01-25 13:15:11 -06:00
parent c8063bdcd8
commit a1af1bd996
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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src/agents/system-prompt.ts
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@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ function buildUserIdentitySection(ownerLine: string | undefined, isMinimal: bool
return ["## User Identity", ownerLine, ""];
}
function buildTimeSection(params: { userTimezone?: string }) {
function buildTimeSection(params: { userTimezone?: string; userTime?: string }) {
if (!params.userTimezone) return [];
return ["## Current Date & Time", `Time zone: ${params.userTimezone}`, ""];
const lines = ["## Current Date & Time"];
if (params.userTime) {
lines.push(params.userTime);
}
lines.push(`Time zone: ${params.userTimezone}`, "");
return lines;
}
function buildReplyTagsSection(isMinimal: boolean) {
@ -297,6 +302,7 @@ export function buildAgentSystemPrompt(params: {
: undefined;
const reasoningLevel = params.reasoningLevel ?? "off";
const userTimezone = params.userTimezone?.trim();
const userTime = params.userTime?.trim();
const skillsPrompt = params.skillsPrompt?.trim();
const heartbeatPrompt = params.heartbeatPrompt?.trim();
const heartbeatPromptLine = heartbeatPrompt
@ -459,6 +465,7 @@ export function buildAgentSystemPrompt(params: {
...buildUserIdentitySection(ownerLine, isMinimal),
...buildTimeSection({
userTimezone,
userTime,
}),
"## Workspace Files (injected)",
"These user-editable files are loaded by Clawdbot and included below in Project Context.",