A clock time is not a complete timestamp
A message at 00:10 follows one at 23:50 only if the dates are consecutive in the expected order. Copying times without dates can reverse a sequence or place events almost a day apart into the same short interval. Record the date wherever the fictional source provides one, especially for overnight shifts, late messages and references to yesterday or tomorrow.
Worked example: the night shift
An interview says a worker left on Tuesday night. A gate record shows an exit at 00:15 Wednesday. Those statements may describe the same departure in different language. Calling them a contradiction too early turns ordinary overnight phrasing into suspicion. Ask whether the witness is naming the shift, the calendar date or the broad period after Tuesday evening.
Keep the boundary visible
Draw a clear date break in your notes rather than relying on memory of which side of midnight an event belongs to. For relative phrases, keep both the original wording and your provisional interpretation. If the date of the interview itself is unknown, yesterday may remain unresolved. Somatry's written records reward careful sequencing, but the useful work is attaching times to the events and dates they actually describe, not filling every blank with the most convenient assumption.