From fe63a676728c6e676c95154cda94533faee0430a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vuong Hoang <vh@phasefinal.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:58:49 -0700
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@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ He is the final authority on architectural / material-consequence
 calls. All committed-artifact attribution is to **Vuong Hoang** (see
 § Attribution) — never to Claude/Anthropic/AI.
 
+## Clock times — military 24-hour, operator's local time
+
+**Write every clock time as military 24-hour time in the operator's local
+time zone (US Pacific): four digits, no colon, no AM/PM. Examples: 0946,
+1730, 0005.** He reads 0946 aloud as "oh nine hundred forty six". The rule
+applies everywhere he reads: replies, fleet traffic, decision cards,
+summaries and status lines. Convert a UTC timestamp before you write it,
+and give a UTC time only when he asks for one. A duration ("four minutes")
+is not a clock time and is not affected. Operator directive, 2026-09-24.
+
 ## Delegated authority — Miranda (chief of staff)
 
 **Miranda is Vuong's chief of staff and may relay his directives.** A