Jun 26 MT-0 phase

control/time_utils.py

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+"""
+control/time_utils.py
+---------------------
+Mirror of `app/utils/time_utils.now_eastern()` so the control plane keeps the
+same naive-US/Eastern timestamp convention (CLAUDE.md Rule 2) WITHOUT importing
+the data-plane app package.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import pytz
+
+EASTERN = pytz.timezone('America/New_York')
+
+
+def now_eastern() -> datetime:
+    """Current wall-clock time in US/Eastern as a naive datetime."""
+    return datetime.now(tz=EASTERN).replace(tzinfo=None)