[056-262-465] AlCH3MlST on Timestamps

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 on or is augmented by Time... then format the [timestamp] to serve your will. Name your Time as adventurers do their artifacts. What was a [Tuesday], became [9/11]. A whole year, [2019], became the dawn of Covid. [T-86400 seconds] until "I Do" is not a [timestamp] but a prelude. Do not obscure significant times behind an ISO stamp; ensure the reader clocks it appropriately.

END WHILE; // [Timestamps] are one of the many tools we can employ; don't snooze on them.