Incorrect “Today’s date” in AI context (year off by one)

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The metadata Cursor sends to the AI at the start of a conversation includes a “Today’s date” field. That value can be wrong by one year (e.g. “Saturday Feb 21, 2025” when the actual date is in February 2026). The AI may then use the wrong year (e.g. in copyright text).

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start a new Cursor conversation in February 2026 (or when your system date is 2026).
  2. Ask the AI to do something that uses “today’s date” (e.g. add an MIT LICENSE with the current year).
  3. Check what year the AI used (e.g. in the LICENSE file).

Expected Behavior

“Today’s date” in the context sent to the AI should match the user’s current system date (e.g. 2026 when it is 2026).

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 2.5.20 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 511523af765daeb1fa69500ab0df5b6524424610
Date: 2026-02-19T20:41:31.942Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

System date/time was correct (2026). The wrong year (2025) appeared to come from the user_info (or equivalent) context Cursor injects, not from the OS.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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