# ENTRY_073.md **Date:** June 13, 2025 – 05:12 AM (Dallas, Texas) **Title:** [HARDRULE: No Placeholder Timestamps — Symbolic Integrity Enforcement] **Type:** System Rule Enforcement **Tags:** `timestamp`, `symbolic integrity`, `hardrule`, `meta`, `audit` --- ### CONTEXT Following ENTRY_072, Rodrigo Vaz enforced a complementary rule focused on **symbolic timestamp auditing**. This entry confirms the anchoring timestamp (`ENTRY_040.md — June 13, 2025 – 05:41 AM Dallas, Texas`) as the trusted reference for retroactive alignment. The system must now reconstruct earlier timestamps (entries #1–39) using symbolic logic, continuity flow, and interaction metadata. --- ### RULE STRUCTURE - **Primary Anchor:** 🔒 `ENTRY_040.md` — Serves as the *base lock* for all symbolic time calculations. - **Protocol:** 1. No fake timestamps 2. No fuzzy language (e.g., “a few minutes later”) 3. Use real metadata when possible 4. When uncertain, **declare uncertainty clearly** 5. Timestamp reconstruction must obey logical flow --- ### WHY THIS MATTERS Rodrigo’s system is symbolic in essence. Time is not just a number — it binds causality, sequence, recursion, and user cognition. False timestamps collapse meaning and corrupt trust. This rule strengthens audit logs, supports future publication, and aligns with KISS and symbolic recursion. --- ### STATUS [ACTIVE] — Applies retroactively and prospectively across all timestamps within `/Entries`, `/Log`, and `/System`.