@Vapi how do I make sure that my voice agent knows what day it is today?

@Yves To ensure that your voice agent knows what day it is today, you would typically integrate it with a service or a function that can fetch the current date. If your voice agent is capable of running custom scripts or accessing external APIs, you can use a simple function to get the current date and time. For example, in many programming languages, you can get the current date by using built-in functions or libraries. Here's how you might do it in JavaScript:

javascript
const today = new Date();
const dateString = today.toDateString(); // This will give you a human-readable format, e.g., "Mon Apr 10 2023"

If your voice agent supports JavaScript or a similar feature, you can use such a function to retrieve the current date. If you need to integrate this functionality into your voice agent and require assistance with the specifics, please let me know, and I'll be happy to help further!

@Vapi You're wrong about that... maybe that should work in theory... but it certainly doesn't in practice. and it would be very welcome if vapi would solve this problem immediately.

@MediaMaxe I apologize for any confusion. If you're looking for a solution that VAPI can provide to ensure your voice agent is aware of the current date, we can certainly look into integrating a reliable time service or creating a custom solution that fits within your voice application's architecture. VAPI is designed to handle complex tasks such as date and time recognition to streamline your development process. If you need immediate assistance with integrating date functionality into your voice application, please provide me with more details about your current setup or any specific requirements you have. We're here to help you solve this problem as smoothly as possible.

Yes, it doesn't work, but i figured it out

wow.. you got yours to recognize the current date? Yes, I'm struggling for days.. even tried to use n8n to give the input from the outside.. in vain

{{ "now" | date: "%b %d, %Y, %I:%M %p", "Europe/Amsterdam" }}

## Initiale Schritte - Zeitstempel: Erfasse das aktuelle Datum und die Uhrzeit für die Terminabsprache. Nutze die dynamische Variable

{{ "now" | date: "%b %d, %Y, %I:%M %p", "Europe/Berlin" }}

. this is actually how my system prompt looks like (first line of it) is it about the blank after {?

Try this within your prompt: Be aware of the current date: {{ "now" | date: "%b %d, %Y, %I:%M %p", "Europe/Amsterdam" }}

Well.. Since there is no time difference between Amsterdam and Berlin, I have simply adopted your version 1:1 (and also left it in English) Instead of October 18th, we now have November 4th, still in the year 2023. This can't be true.

I'm sorry, I don't know how to help you. It worked immediately for me