okay this works lets do it NYOOOM

monkestation/code/controllers/configuration/configuration.dm

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 /datum/controller/configuration/LoadMOTD()
 	. = ..()
 
-	if (text2num(rustg_unix_timestamp()) < 1736064000)
+	var/cur_day = text2num(time2text(world.realtime, "DD", "PT"))
+	var/cur_mon = text2num(time2text(world.realtime, "MM", "PT"))
+	var/cur_year = text2num(time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY", "PT"))
+
+	if (!compare_dates(cur_year, cur_mon, cur_day, 2025, 1, 5))
 		motd = motd + "[motd]<br>" + "<span class='red big'>Monkestation admins are <span class='bold'>NO LONGER</span> accepting appeals for permanent bans until <span class='notice'>January 5th, 2025</span></span><br><hr><span class='yellowteamradio big'>Any permanent ban appeals made before said date will be <span class='bold red'>AUTOMATICALLY DENIED!</span></span><br><span class='big notice'>So don't get caught doing something stupid, ya hear?</span>"
+
+/proc/compare_dates(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2)
+		// TRUE if date1 >= date2, FALSE if date1 < date2
+    var/comparable_date1 = year1 * 10000 + month1 * 100 + day1
+    var/comparable_date2 = year2 * 10000 + month2 * 100 + day2
+
+    return comparable_date1 >= comparable_date2

monkestation/code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/SDQL_2_wrappers.dm

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/proc/_floor(a)
+	return floor(a)
+
+/proc/_ceil(a)
+	return ceil(a)

tgstation.dme

@@ -6148,6 +6148,7 @@
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\admin\verbs\spawn_mixtape.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\admin\verbs\tracy.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\admin\verbs\traits.dm"
+#include "monkestation\code\modules\admin\verbs\SDQL2\SDQL_2_wrappers.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\aesthetics\airlock\airlock.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\aesthetics\items\clothing.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\modules\aesthetics\mapping\tilecoloring.dm"