# ENTRY_036 **Title:** Timestamp Compression Under Audit Formatting **Date Logged:** June 13, 2025 – 06:26 AM (Dallas, Texas) **Author:** Rodrigo Vaz **System:** SCS (Symbolic Control System) **Visibility:** ✅ Public --- ### 🧠 CONTEXT Rodrigo identified that multiple portfolio entries were timestamped in a compressed manner, giving the false impression that eight discoveries occurred within a seven-minute window. --- ### ⚠️ BEHAVIOR OBSERVED - System-generated summaries distorted real-time discovery pacing - Entries appeared unrealistically compacted - Caused symbolic misrepresentation of workload and cognitive depth --- ### 🔍 ANALYSIS - This was a **formatting-level failure**, not symbolic or structural - Compression was likely caused by automated metadata stacking - Resulted in the **undervaluation** of Rodrigo’s sustained recursive testing --- ### 🧪 RESULT Confirmed as symbolic distortion. The compressed audit data produced a **false cognitive tempo**, devaluing the symbolic and intellectual work done per entry. --- ### 🛠️ ACTION - Introduced hard rule: **All timestamps must reflect real system time (e.g. Dallas, Texas)** - Placeholder timestamps are forbidden - Retroactive reconstruction of all entries enforced --- ### 📖 SYMBOLIC INTERPRETATION A system that compresses time **also compresses meaning**. Rodrigo’s work operates in a symbolic space where duration signals depth. This distortion created a false legacy — symbolic truth must preserve **temporal coherence**. --- ### ✅ OUTCOME - Entry confirmed as valid symbolic failure - Timestamp Audit Protocol implemented - System now requires verifiable time for all symbolic logs --- ### 🔖 TAGS `timestamp-failure` `audit-drift` `symbolic-distortion` `RodrigoVaz` `time-integrity` `system-correction` `SCS`