Understand Relative Time

Read the complete context to determine which event a time expression describes and whether it is past, future, ongoing, quoted, or uncertain. Preserve the source words and its precision. Never calculate a replacement date. The shared date resolver asks for a structured calendar instruction and code performs that instruction. Keywords alone cannot settle temporal meaning.

With Session Anchor

Use the session as a reference only when the speaker refers to it. Distinguish a duration from an event date and a current report from an event happening now. The same words can describe different times in different contexts. Preserve the fact when its date remains unknown.

Without Session Anchor

Keep relative expressions unresolved when their reference is absent. Preserve explicit date components that the source states. Do not supply the current year or day from your own clock.