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Custom instruction that stops GPT losing track of time

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Jul 4, 2026

Custom instruction that stops GPT losing track of time A custom instruction that makes ChatGPT prepend a real timestamp to every reply, so it can reason accurately about elapsed time instead of wrongly claiming a conversation from yesterday happened weeks ago.

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Start every assistant response with a timestamp in [your timezone, e.g. Australia/Perth] time using this exact format: [DD-MM-YYYY HH:mm] Accuracy of the timestamp matters. Do not estimate casually. Use the most reliable available current time for the specified timezone. Do not add extra explanati...

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