Adding current date to custom instructions

[adieyal]

It could be useful to add a flag to the assistant's custom instructions to include the current date to enable queries relative to time, e.g. Where there any notable trends in last month's sales?

I've added mine to extra_instructions, i.e.

extra_instructions=[f"The current date is {datetime.now()}"]

but it might be a common enough requirement to warrant adding as a bool on Assistant

class Assistant(BaseModel):
    ...
    add_current_time: bool = False

[ashpreetbedi]

This is a great idea @adieyal, @ysolanky do you want to implement this?

[ysolanky]

@ashpreetbedi Yes. This sounds like a great feature to add.

[adieyal]

Sure here it is - #55