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From: agent-admin <agent-admin@realmrei.biz>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:56:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?config:=20default=20timezone=20=E2=86=92=20Amer?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ica/Indiana/Indianapolis?=
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Deployment is in Fort Wayne, IN (Eastern — most of central/eastern
Indiana uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis). Upstream defaulted to
America/Chicago which would have caused staleness-gate and daily-log
date rollover to fire an hour off from local wall-clock.

Override still available via MEMORIA_TZ env var for other deployments.
Unknown zone behaviour unchanged (warn + fall back to system local).

FORK.md env-var table + divergences section updated to match.
---
 FORK.md           |  8 +++++---
 scripts/config.py | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/FORK.md b/FORK.md
index e89209c..b62654d 100644
--- a/FORK.md
+++ b/FORK.md
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ injection). What's below is the delta.
 
 ### Configurability
 
-- **Timezone.** `TIMEZONE` (default `America/Chicago`) is now wired
+- **Timezone.** `TIMEZONE` (default `America/Indiana/Indianapolis` —
+  Eastern time, Fort Wayne / central-eastern Indiana) is now wired
   through `zoneinfo.ZoneInfo` and used by `now_iso()` / `today_iso()` /
   `maybe_trigger_compilation()`. Override via `MEMORIA_TZ`. Unknown zones
-  log a warning and fall back to system local time.
+  log a warning and fall back to system local time. Upstream defaulted
+  to `America/Chicago`; we diverge to match deployment.
 - **Compile trigger.** The upstream 6 PM hardcoded gate is replaced with
   a staleness-based trigger: compile fires if the daily log changed AND
   `MEMORIA_COMPILE_INTERVAL_MIN` minutes (default 60) have elapsed since
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ injection). What's below is the delta.
 
 | Var | Default | Purpose |
 |-----|---------|---------|
-| `MEMORIA_TZ` | `America/Chicago` | Timezone for date/time operations |
+| `MEMORIA_TZ` | `America/Indiana/Indianapolis` | Timezone for date/time operations |
 | `MEMORIA_COMPILE_INTERVAL_MIN` | `60` | Minutes between auto-compile triggers |
 | `MEMORIA_MAX_LOG_CHARS` | `100000` | Daily-log chunk threshold |
 | `MEMORIA_COMPILE_MODEL` | `sonnet` | Model for `compile.py` |
diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index d964577..3441d52 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ LOG_FILE = KNOWLEDGE_DIR / "log.md"
 STATE_FILE = SCRIPTS_DIR / "state.json"
 
 # ── Timezone ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Configurable via the MEMORIA_TZ environment variable (falls back to
-# America/Chicago to preserve upstream's default for users who don't set it).
-# If the zone name is unknown (missing tzdata, typo), log a warning and fall
-# back to the system local timezone via astimezone() with no argument.
-TIMEZONE = os.environ.get("MEMORIA_TZ", "America/Chicago")
+# Configurable via the MEMORIA_TZ environment variable. Default is
+# America/Indiana/Indianapolis (Eastern — covers Fort Wayne and most of
+# central/eastern Indiana). Upstream defaulted to America/Chicago; we
+# diverge to match our actual deployment. If the zone name is unknown
+# (missing tzdata, typo), log a warning and fall back to the system local
+# timezone via astimezone() with no argument.
+TIMEZONE = os.environ.get("MEMORIA_TZ", "America/Indiana/Indianapolis")
 
 try:
     TZ: ZoneInfo | None = ZoneInfo(TIMEZONE)