mattstackgetting-current-timelisted

# Getting Current Time ## Overview Read the clock from the machine; never estimate the time from the knowledge cutoff or the context date. The context date has no time of day and may be stale within a long session. ## How Run the script in this skill's base directory: ```bash bash <base-dir>/get-time.sh ``` Output: ``` Local: 2026-07-23 13:30:05 CDT (UTC-0500) Zone: America/Chicago UTC: 2026-07-23 18:30:05 ``` Use the `Zone:` line (IANA name) for anything DST-sensitive; the abbreviation (CDT) is ambiguous. ## Common Mistakes - Answering with only a date because that is all the context provides. Run the script. - Doing timezone math from a remembered offset. DST shifts offsets; the script prints the live one. - Reusing a time read earlier in a long session. Re-run the script; time moved on.