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 u…

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

Colin (Colin) Split this topic February 22, 2026, 10:00pm 2

2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Today is the Wrong Year

Topic		Replies	Views
Date provided in user_info shows 2025 (in 2026) Bug Reports auto-mode , context	2	74	February 11, 2026
Today is the Wrong Year Bug Reports chat , context , composer	13	156	February 23, 2026
When asking cursor to add the current date to documents it used an incorrect date Bug Reports	3	115	October 29, 2025
Can we make the agent aware of the current date? Feature Requests	2	82	November 20, 2025
Cursor Slack Background Agent thinks its 2024 Bug Reports	1	46	July 15, 2025