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fix(openclaw): label "Current time" as UTC in injected memory context #1804

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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions hindsight-integrations/openclaw/src/index.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
import {
stripMemoryTags,
extractRecallQuery,
formatCurrentTimeForRecall,
formatMemories,
prepareRetentionTranscript,
countUserTurns,
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});
});

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// formatCurrentTimeForRecall — UTC label (#1789, mirrors #1568)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

describe("formatCurrentTimeForRecall", () => {
it("renders the UTC suffix so the LLM doesn't misread it as local time", () => {
const fixed = new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 4, 27, 16, 25, 0)); // 2026-05-27 16:25 UTC
expect(formatCurrentTimeForRecall(fixed)).toBe("2026-05-27 16:25 UTC");
});

it("zero-pads month / day / hours / minutes", () => {
const fixed = new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 0, 3, 4, 5, 0));
expect(formatCurrentTimeForRecall(fixed)).toBe("2026-01-03 04:05 UTC");
});
});

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// retention helpers
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions hindsight-integrations/openclaw/src/index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -316,13 +316,16 @@ async function flushRetainQueue(): Promise<void> {
const DEFAULT_RECALL_PROMPT_PREAMBLE =
"Relevant memories from past conversations (prioritize recent when conflicting). Only use memories that are directly useful to continue this conversation; ignore the rest:";

function formatCurrentTimeForRecall(date = new Date()): string {
export function formatCurrentTimeForRecall(date = new Date()): string {
const year = date.getUTCFullYear();
const month = String(date.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
const day = String(date.getUTCDate()).padStart(2, "0");
const hours = String(date.getUTCHours()).padStart(2, "0");
const minutes = String(date.getUTCMinutes()).padStart(2, "0");
return `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hours}:${minutes}`;
// Suffix with " UTC" so the LLM doesn't misread the timestamp as local
// time and make wrong recency judgments. Mirrors the fix landed for the
// Claude Code integration in #1568. (#1789)
return `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hours}:${minutes} UTC`;
}

/**
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