Why can an LLM tell the date correctly?

[CLRafaelR]

As far as I understand, OpenAI's GPT models themselves should not have access to date information. However, as shown in the attached screenshot, when I ask gpt-4 vision for the date via Chatbot-UI, it gives me the correct date for today, although it fails to answer the day of the week (Monday is the correct answer). Is there any implementation/mechanism on the Chatbot-UI that allows the model to get the server's date information?

[secondtruth]

Is there any implementation/mechanism on the Chatbot-UI that allows the model to get the server's date information?

Yes, ChatbotUI's full system prompt contains the current date.

chatbot-ui/lib/build-prompt.ts

Line 17 in a3364db

fullPrompt += `Today is ${new Date().toLocaleDateString()}.\n\n`

[CLRafaelR]

@secondtruth , I apologise for the delayed response and appreciate your patience. Thank you for enlightening me on how Chatbot-UI communicates date information to an LLM. Additionally, I'm grateful for your effort in directing me to the specific code segment that furnishes the LLM with date details.