diff --git a/duckbot/cogs/ai/truth.py b/duckbot/cogs/ai/truth.py
index 46c6ae036..fa6242ef5 100644
--- a/duckbot/cogs/ai/truth.py
+++ b/duckbot/cogs/ai/truth.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import os
 
 import anthropic
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@
 
 TRUTH_PROMPT = """Objective: Fact-check the following message from {user_name} on our Discord server and format the response for Discord.
 
+For context, today's date is {date}.
+
 Input: "{user_message}"
 
 Instructions:
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ async def truth(self, ctx: commands.Context):
     async def fact_check(self, message: discord.Message) -> str:
         try:
             content = message.content
-            prompt = TRUTH_PROMPT.format(user_name=message.author.display_name, user_message=content)
+            prompt = TRUTH_PROMPT.format(user_name=message.author.display_name, user_message=content, date=datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y"))
             message = self.ai_client.messages.create(model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620", max_tokens=1000, temperature=0, messages=[{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": prompt}]}])
             return message.content[0].text
         except Exception as e: