diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Agenda/AssistantAgenda.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Agenda/AssistantAgenda.razor.cs
index c0571c7c..2b2d4254 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Agenda/AssistantAgenda.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Agenda/AssistantAgenda.razor.cs	
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public partial class AssistantAgenda : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogAgenda>
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/DocumentAnalysis/DocumentAnalysisAssistant.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/DocumentAnalysis/DocumentAnalysisAssistant.razor.cs
index d0265178..66d3594d 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/DocumentAnalysis/DocumentAnalysisAssistant.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/DocumentAnalysis/DocumentAnalysisAssistant.razor.cs	
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public partial class DocumentAnalysisAssistant : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialo
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
 
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/EMail/AssistantEMail.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/EMail/AssistantEMail.razor.cs
index cc0629d0..52e2de65 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/EMail/AssistantEMail.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/EMail/AssistantEMail.razor.cs	
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public partial class AssistantEMail : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogWritingEMa
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/GrammarSpelling/AssistantGrammarSpelling.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/GrammarSpelling/AssistantGrammarSpelling.razor.cs
index 6025f133..1caff4db 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/GrammarSpelling/AssistantGrammarSpelling.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/GrammarSpelling/AssistantGrammarSpelling.razor.cs	
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public partial class AssistantGrammarSpelling : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialog
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/JobPosting/AssistantJobPostings.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/JobPosting/AssistantJobPostings.razor.cs
index 21b183f0..ccb69575 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/JobPosting/AssistantJobPostings.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/JobPosting/AssistantJobPostings.razor.cs	
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public partial class AssistantJobPostings : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogJobP
     
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
 
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/LegalCheck/AssistantLegalCheck.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/LegalCheck/AssistantLegalCheck.razor.cs
index c0b502ee..6edc4d92 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/LegalCheck/AssistantLegalCheck.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/LegalCheck/AssistantLegalCheck.razor.cs	
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public partial class AssistantLegalCheck : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogLegal
     
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/MyTasks/AssistantMyTasks.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/MyTasks/AssistantMyTasks.razor.cs
index fa5d1e27..3d6de527 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/MyTasks/AssistantMyTasks.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/MyTasks/AssistantMyTasks.razor.cs	
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public partial class AssistantMyTasks : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogMyTasks>
     
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
 
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/RewriteImprove/AssistantRewriteImprove.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/RewriteImprove/AssistantRewriteImprove.razor.cs
index 44aa94d2..a13460b1 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/RewriteImprove/AssistantRewriteImprove.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/RewriteImprove/AssistantRewriteImprove.razor.cs	
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public partial class AssistantRewriteImprove : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogR
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
 
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Synonym/AssistantSynonyms.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Synonym/AssistantSynonyms.razor.cs
index 3581a5d3..bde446ad 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Synonym/AssistantSynonyms.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Synonym/AssistantSynonyms.razor.cs	
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public partial class AssistantSynonyms : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogSynonym
 
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
 
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/TextSummarizer/AssistantTextSummarizer.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/TextSummarizer/AssistantTextSummarizer.razor.cs
index 257ff39c..bf64d18a 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/TextSummarizer/AssistantTextSummarizer.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/TextSummarizer/AssistantTextSummarizer.razor.cs	
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public partial class AssistantTextSummarizer : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogT
     
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Translation/AssistantTranslation.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Translation/AssistantTranslation.razor.cs
index 51359e40..760b4670 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Translation/AssistantTranslation.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Translation/AssistantTranslation.razor.cs	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public partial class AssistantTranslation : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogTran
     
     protected override ChatThread ConvertToChatThread => (this.chatThread ?? new()) with
     {
-        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+        SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
     };
     
     protected override void ResetForm()
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/SystemPrompts.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/SystemPrompts.cs
index c68e511d..f3b199f4 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/SystemPrompts.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/SystemPrompts.cs	
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+
 namespace AIStudio.Chat;
 
 public static class SystemPrompts
 {
-    public static readonly string DEFAULT = $"You are a helpful assistant! Today is {DateTime.Today:yyyy-MM-dd}.";
+    public static string Default
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            var nowUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            var nowLocal = DateTime.Now;
+            
+            return string.Create(
+                new CultureInfo("en-US"),
+                $"Today is {nowUtc:MMMM d, yyyy h:mm tt} (UTC) and {nowLocal:MMMM d, yyyy h:mm tt} (local time)."
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs
index f6110e41..adb2c546 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public partial class ChatComponent : MSGComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
                 SelectedProvider = this.Provider.Id,
                 SelectedProfile = this.currentProfile.Id,
                 SelectedChatTemplate = this.currentChatTemplate.Id,
-                SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+                SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
                 WorkspaceId = this.currentWorkspaceId,
                 ChatId = Guid.NewGuid(),
                 DataSourceOptions = this.earlyDataSourceOptions,
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ public partial class ChatComponent : MSGComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
                 SelectedProvider = this.Provider.Id,
                 SelectedProfile = this.currentProfile.Id,
                 SelectedChatTemplate = this.currentChatTemplate.Id,
-                SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+                SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
                 WorkspaceId = this.currentWorkspaceId,
                 ChatId = Guid.NewGuid(),
                 Name = string.Empty,
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs
index f3564e65..3762b247 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs	
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public partial class Workspaces : MSGComponentBase
             WorkspaceId = workspaceId,
             ChatId = Guid.NewGuid(),
             Name = string.Empty,
-            SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+            SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default,
             Blocks = [],
         };
         
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ChatTemplateDialog.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ChatTemplateDialog.razor.cs
index 0aa16ddf..166a8c4f 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ChatTemplateDialog.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ChatTemplateDialog.razor.cs	
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public partial class ChatTemplateDialog : MSGComponentBase
 
     private void UseDefaultSystemPrompt()
     {
-        this.DataSystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT;
+        this.DataSystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.Default;
     }
 
     private void Cancel() => this.MudDialog.Cancel();