Date/Timestamp Improvement

[HelpernREIDS]

Love amplifier, but found when working on extended sprints claude creates a lot of documents and it's impossible to track history/timing/etc. I've tried to implement the following into my projects root claude.md, but I find myself constantly reminding claude to:

ALWAYS Timestamp Your Work (Run Command, Don't Guess)

date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z'

Apply to: Every file header, decision records, commit bodies.
Why: Working across time zones/late nights - "today" is ambiguous.

Workflow

During

1. Always Update timestamps: date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z'

After

1. Timestamp modified files: date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z'
2. Commit with timestamp: date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z'

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Current is either:

Nothing:

DISCOVERIES.md

Overview

or

DISCOVERIES.md

Created: 2025-11-13

Overview

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Preferred example:

DISCOVERIES.md

Last Updated: 2025-10-21 10:35 EDT
Created: 2025-10-15 20:49 EDT
Purpose: Track non-obvious problems, solutions, and patterns discovered during development

Overview