WHILE Time itself is intangible, observers make it real.
Thus we must control its recordings to meet our whim and will, lest we become Time's slave.

IF time is not an important factor to the message, then the [timestamp] merely acts as a device for historians to organize events. Keep the observers and scribes entertained by formating the [timestamp] to your whims. Crown Unix as your Epoch, delete months, and walk through the day to the Swatch .beat of your own drum.

ELSE IF the message relies...