Merge pull request #14 from Merit-Systems/questionable-stampede

fix: set timezone to America/New_York for cron and agent config

Author: sragss

MEMORY.md

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ This file contains durable facts and decisions that persist across sessions. Cra
 - **Read shared message**: POST https://x402email.com/api/inbox/messages/read ($0.001/call) with body {"messageId":"..."}
 - **Wallet**: must pay from Craig's x402 wallet (owner wallet)
 
+## Timezone
+
+- Team is in **Eastern Time (America/New_York)**. All user-facing times should be ET.
+- When creating cron jobs, always set `tz: "America/New_York"` on cron-expression schedules so DST transitions are handled automatically. Never hardcode UTC offsets.
+- Config: `agents.defaults.userTimezone` is set to `America/New_York` in openclaw.json.
+
 ## Infrastructure
 
 - Workspace repo: Merit-Systems/CraigClaw

USER.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _Learn about the person you're helping. Update this as you go._
 - **Name:**
 - **What to call them:**
 - **Pronouns:** _(optional)_
-- **Timezone:**
+- **Timezone:** America/New_York (ET)
 - **Notes:**
 
 ## Context

deploy/openclaw.json

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "target": "discord",
         "to": "channel:1470899181383061504"
       },
+      "userTimezone": "America/New_York",
       "maxConcurrent": 4,
       "subagents": {
         "maxConcurrent": 8