v0.7613 - Improved timestamps on multiple timezones

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ If you run into any issues, consult the logs or reach out on the repository's [I
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 # Changelog
+- v0.7613 - Improved timestamps on multiple timezones
+  - Added a separate module to `src/timedate_handler.py` to assist the model
+  - => Datetime stamps now in separate system messages
+  - => More TZ-aware dates and times
 - v0.7611 - Parsing hotfix for notifications
 - v0.761 - **Timed notifications / user reminders**
   - Brand-new feature: users can set timed reminders (alerts) by requesting reminders that the bot stores in an SQLite database. A separate poller picks them up as soon as they are due, and the bot automatically notifies the user on set times.

src/main.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 # Multi-API Telegram Bot (Powered by ChatKeke)
-#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # by FlyingFathead ~*~ https://github.com/FlyingFathead
 # ghostcode: ChaosWhisperer
-#
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # https://github.com/FlyingFathead/TelegramBot-OpenAI-API
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
 # version of this program
-version_number = "0.7612"
+version_number = "0.7613"
 
 # Add the project root directory to Python's path
 import sys
@@ -215,7 +213,10 @@ def load_config(self):
             'SystemInstructions',
             'You are an OpenAI API-based chatbot on Telegram.'
         )
-        self.system_instructions = f"[Bot's current model: {self.model}] {default_system_msg}"
+
+        # # // skip current model info
+        # self.system_instructions = f"[Bot's current model: {self.model}] {default_system_msg}"
+        self.system_instructions = f"[Instructions] {default_system_msg}"
 
         self.start_command_response = self.config.get(
             'StartCommandResponse',

src/text_message_handler.py

@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 from telegram.constants import ChatAction
 from telegram.error import TimedOut
 
+# time & date handling
+from timedate_handler import (
+    get_ordinal_suffix,
+    get_english_timestamp_str,
+    get_finnish_timestamp_str
+)
+
 # reminder handling
 from reminder_handler import handle_add_reminder, handle_delete_reminder, handle_edit_reminder, handle_view_reminders
 
@@ -259,16 +266,31 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
         # Debug: Print before token limit checks
         bot.logger.info(f"[Debug] is_no_limit: {is_no_limit}, user_token_count: {user_token_count}, max_tokens_config: {max_tokens_config}")
 
-        # get date & time for timestamps
+        #  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        #  Make timestamp
+        #  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
         now_utc = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
-        current_time = now_utc
-        # utc_timestamp = now_utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
-
-        # display abbreviated 
-        utc_timestamp = now_utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %a UTC")
 
+        # We'll keep this for session timeout comparisons
+        current_time = now_utc
         day_of_week = now_utc.strftime("%A")
-        user_message_with_timestamp = f"[{utc_timestamp}] {user_message}"
+        system_timestamp = now_utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
+
+        english_line  = get_english_timestamp_str(now_utc)
+        finnish_line  = get_finnish_timestamp_str(now_utc)
+
+        # Combine them however you like, e.g.:
+        # 
+        #   Monday, April 9th, 2025 | Time (UTC): 12:34:56
+        #   maanantai, 9. huhtikuuta 2025, klo 15:34:56 Suomen aikaa
+        #
+        current_timestamp_str = f"{english_line}\n{finnish_line}"
+
+        # We'll put that into a system message
+        timestamp_system_msg = {
+            "role": "system",
+            "content": current_timestamp_str
+        }
 
         # Add the user's tokens to the total usage (JSON style)
         bot.total_token_usage += user_token_count
@@ -316,12 +338,24 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
         # Initialize chat_history as an empty list if it doesn't exist
         chat_history = context.chat_data.get('chat_history', [])
 
+        #  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        #  Insert the new system msg
+        #  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        # logger info on the appended system message
+        logger.info(f"Inserting timestamp system message: {current_timestamp_str}")
+
+        chat_history.append(timestamp_system_msg)
+
         # Append the new user message to the chat history
-        chat_history.append({"role": "user", "content": user_message_with_timestamp})
+        chat_history.append({"role": "user", "content": user_message})
 
         # Prepare the conversation history to send to the OpenAI API
-        system_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
-        system_message = {"role": "system", "content": f"System time+date: {system_timestamp}, {day_of_week}): {bot.system_instructions}"}
+
+        # # // old method that included the timestamp in the original system message
+        # system_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
+        # system_message = {"role": "system", "content": f"System time+date: {system_timestamp}, {day_of_week}): {bot.system_instructions}"}
+
+        system_message = {"role": "system", "content": f"Instructions: {bot.system_instructions}"}
 
         chat_history_with_system_message = [system_message] + chat_history
 
@@ -1319,12 +1353,6 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
                     model_info=model_info
                 )
 
-                # # Log the bot's response
-                # bot.log_message(
-                #     message_type='Bot',
-                #     message=bot_reply,
-                # )
-
                 # # # send the response
                 # # await context.bot.send_message(
                 # #     chat_id=chat_id,

src/timedate_handler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# timedate_handler.py
+import datetime
+import pytz
+
+# Maps English day names from strftime() -> Finnish
+fi_days = {
+    "Monday": "maanantai",
+    "Tuesday": "tiistai",
+    "Wednesday": "keskiviikko",
+    "Thursday": "torstai",
+    "Friday": "perjantai",
+    "Saturday": "lauantai",
+    "Sunday": "sunnuntai"
+}
+
+# Maps English month names -> Finnish “month in the partitive case” for typical date usage
+fi_months = {
+    "January": "tammikuuta",
+    "February": "helmikuuta",
+    "March": "maaliskuuta",
+    "April": "huhtikuuta",
+    "May": "toukokuuta",
+    "June": "kesäkuuta",
+    "July": "heinäkuuta",
+    "August": "elokuuta",
+    "September": "syyskuuta",
+    "October": "lokakuuta",
+    "November": "marraskuuta",
+    "December": "joulukuuta"
+}
+
+def get_ordinal_suffix(day_num: int) -> str:
+    """
+    Returns the English ordinal suffix for a given day of the month, e.g. 
+    1->"1st", 2->"2nd", 3->"3rd", 4->"4th", etc.
+    """
+    if 11 <= (day_num % 100) <= 13:
+        return "th"
+    elif day_num % 10 == 1:
+        return "st"
+    elif day_num % 10 == 2:
+        return "nd"
+    elif day_num % 10 == 3:
+        return "rd"
+    else:
+        return "th"
+
+def get_english_timestamp_str(now_utc: datetime.datetime) -> str:
+    """
+    Returns an English-formatted date/time string, e.g.:
+    'Monday, April 9th, 2025 | Time (UTC): 12:34:56'
+    """
+    day_of_week_eng = now_utc.strftime("%A")    # e.g. "Monday"
+    month_name_eng  = now_utc.strftime("%B")    # e.g. "April"
+    day_num         = int(now_utc.strftime("%d"))
+    year_str        = now_utc.strftime("%Y")
+    suffix          = get_ordinal_suffix(day_num)
+    date_str        = f"{month_name_eng} {day_num}{suffix}, {year_str}"
+    time_str        = now_utc.strftime("%H:%M:%S")  # "12:34:56"
+
+    return f"{day_of_week_eng}, {date_str} | Time (UTC): {time_str}"
+
+def get_finnish_timestamp_str(now_utc: datetime.datetime) -> str:
+    """
+    Returns a Finnish-formatted date/time string. For example:
+    'maanantai, 9. huhtikuuta 2025, klo 15:34:56 Suomen aikaa'
+
+    (Adjust as you like for Finnish grammar.)
+    """
+    helsinki_tz = pytz.timezone("Europe/Helsinki")
+    now_fin = now_utc.astimezone(helsinki_tz)
+
+    weekday_eng = now_fin.strftime("%A")        # e.g. "Monday"
+    day_of_week_fi = fi_days.get(weekday_eng, weekday_eng)
+
+    month_eng  = now_fin.strftime("%B")         # e.g. "April"
+    month_fi   = fi_months.get(month_eng, month_eng)
+
+    day_num    = int(now_fin.strftime("%d"))    # e.g. 9
+    year_str   = now_fin.strftime("%Y")         # e.g. "2025"
+
+    # For Finnish style we might do e.g. "9. huhtikuuta 2025"
+    date_str_fi = f"{day_num}. {month_fi} {year_str}"
+
+    time_str_fi = now_fin.strftime("%H:%M:%S")  # "15:34:56"
+    # For instance: "maanantai, 9. huhtikuuta 2025, klo 15:34:56 Suomen aikaa"
+    return f"{day_of_week_fi}, {date_str_fi}, klo {time_str_fi} Suomen aikaa"