Chatbot should know current date

I successfully use the bot at a major international sporting event. Competitions take place on various days. However, the bot does not know the current date, which means that it cannot reliably answer questions about current competitions or the daily programme. It therefore answers questions such as ‘Which competition is taking place today?’ incorrectly. Is there a way that the bot can know the current date and time?

Thanks for your assistance
Kind regards from Switzerland
Marc

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Hi there, @Marc_Schurmann :wave:

You’re right, the chatbot doesn’t know the current date and, unfortunately, there is no way to change it at the moment.

We agree that it would be a super helpful addition, and I’ve moved your idea to the Wishlist. If more users support your suggestion, we’ll try to consider it in the future updates :slightly_smiling_face:

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+1 for this. Very similar use case, we have a calendar of sporting events but also school camps, training sessions etc.

I’ve found the workaround is to tell the chatbot the current date in the instructions. Obviously, not ideal as it has to be manually updated

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Hi there, @Andy_Cowan :wave:

Got you, many thanks for upvoting the idea :slightly_smiling_face: