diff --git a/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/comments/0c39fa626ffff7e2f3a9b704e2eb7ec7/description b/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/comments/0c39fa626ffff7e2f3a9b704e2eb7ec7/description
index fc05e0d..b1c4818 100644
--- a/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/comments/0c39fa626ffff7e2f3a9b704e2eb7ec7/description
+++ b/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/comments/0c39fa626ffff7e2f3a9b704e2eb7ec7/description
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 The done-time thing is implemented and merged, but many issues in our
 database were marked Done before this change, so they have no `done_time`.
 
-I think i want to fix this by setting a done-time for each of them using
-something like:
+I fixed this by setting a done-time for each of them using this script:
 ```
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
 for ISSUE_ID in $(ent list state=done done-time=9999-01-01T00:00:00-06:00.. | grep '  ' | cut -f 1 -d ' '); do
-    # use `git log` on the issue's state file to find when it got marked Done
-    ent done-time ${ISSUE_ID} ${TIME}
+    UTIME=$(PAGER='' git log -n1 --pretty=format:%at%n entomologist-data -- ${ISSUE_ID}/state)
+    DATETIME=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds --date="@${UTIME}")
+    ent done-time ${ISSUE_ID} "${DATETIME}"
 done
 ```
-
diff --git a/093e87e8049b93bfa2d8fcd544cae75f/done_time b/093e87e8049b93bfa2d8fcd544cae75f/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98c8b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/093e87e8049b93bfa2d8fcd544cae75f/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-08T18:48:13-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/317ea8ccac1d414cde55771321bdec30/done_time b/317ea8ccac1d414cde55771321bdec30/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be44435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/317ea8ccac1d414cde55771321bdec30/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-11T11:54:56-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/4e314a8590864fa76d22758e1785ae35/done_time b/4e314a8590864fa76d22758e1785ae35/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fd5373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/4e314a8590864fa76d22758e1785ae35/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-13T10:39:17-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/54f0eb67b05aa10763c86869ce840f33/done_time b/54f0eb67b05aa10763c86869ce840f33/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9527745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/54f0eb67b05aa10763c86869ce840f33/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-11T20:32:59-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/793bda8b9726b0336d97e856895907f8/done_time b/793bda8b9726b0336d97e856895907f8/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dd5851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/793bda8b9726b0336d97e856895907f8/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-08T18:48:23-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/7d2d236668872cf11f167ac0462f8751/done_time b/7d2d236668872cf11f167ac0462f8751/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4df3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/7d2d236668872cf11f167ac0462f8751/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-12T16:14:46-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/9e69a30ad6965d7488514584c97ac63c/done_time b/9e69a30ad6965d7488514584c97ac63c/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82b181f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/9e69a30ad6965d7488514584c97ac63c/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-09T11:03:14-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/a26da230276d317e85f9fcca41c19d2e/done_time b/a26da230276d317e85f9fcca41c19d2e/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f12039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a26da230276d317e85f9fcca41c19d2e/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-10T09:49:17-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/a5ac277614ea4d13f78031abb25ea7d6/done_time b/a5ac277614ea4d13f78031abb25ea7d6/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..359ef30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a5ac277614ea4d13f78031abb25ea7d6/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-10T09:49:24-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/af53c561b36e9b2709b939f81daee534/done_time b/af53c561b36e9b2709b939f81daee534/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6fb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/af53c561b36e9b2709b939f81daee534/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-08T18:48:37-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/d3a705245bd69aa56524b80b5ae0bc26/done_time b/d3a705245bd69aa56524b80b5ae0bc26/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de06dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/d3a705245bd69aa56524b80b5ae0bc26/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-13T21:56:29-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/da435e5e298b28dc223f9dcfe62a9140/done_time b/da435e5e298b28dc223f9dcfe62a9140/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..168647e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/da435e5e298b28dc223f9dcfe62a9140/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-07T21:24:25-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e089400e8a9e11fe9bf10d50b2f889d7/done_time b/e089400e8a9e11fe9bf10d50b2f889d7/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca8397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e089400e8a9e11fe9bf10d50b2f889d7/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-08T16:16:09-06:00
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fd81241f795333b64e7911cfb1b57c8f/done_time b/fd81241f795333b64e7911cfb1b57c8f/done_time
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e61c147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fd81241f795333b64e7911cfb1b57c8f/done_time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2025-07-11T20:32:31-06:00
\ No newline at end of file