Date Context Skill

Name: dates
Rating: 92
Author: vogon101

Simple date helper to avoid mental date calculations. Use at session start and whenever working with dates.

Quick Start

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh

Output:

code

Current time: 14:32 GMT

Today: Monday 12 January 2026
Yesterday: Sunday 11 January 2026
Tomorrow: Tuesday 13 January 2026

Late night warning: If run between midnight and 3am, shows a warning that "today" might mean yesterday from the user's perspective.

Commands

Basic (default)

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh basic
# Today, yesterday, tomorrow

Week View

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh week
# This week Mon-Sun

Offset

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh offset +3   # 3 days from now
.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh offset -7   # 7 days ago

Find Weekday

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh weekday Friday
# This Friday: Friday 17 January 2026
# Next Friday: Friday 24 January 2026

Month Boundaries

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh month
# First and last day of current month

Diary Paths

bash

.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh diary       # Today's diary path
.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh diary -1    # Yesterday's diary path
.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh diary -5    # Last 5 days with existence check
.claude/skills/dates/scripts/date_context.sh diary last  # Most recent existing diary

Example output for -5:

code

Recent diary entries (last 5 days):
  ✓ diary/2026/01/12-Mon.md (Monday 12 Jan)
  ✓ diary/2026/01/11-Sun.md (Sunday 11 Jan)
  ✗ diary/2026/01/10-Sat.md (Saturday 10 Jan) [MISSING]
  ✗ diary/2026/01/09-Fri.md (Friday 09 Jan) [MISSING]
  ✓ diary/2026/01/08-Thu.md (Thursday 08 Jan)

Usage Notes

•Always use this instead of calculating dates mentally
•Run at session start to establish date context
•Use offset for scheduling tasks N days out
•Use diary to get correct diary file paths