diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b685dd3..2330239 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ tempfile = "3.3"
 open = "3.0"
 colored = "2.0"
 futures = "0.3"
-dialoguer = "0.10.4"
\ No newline at end of file
+dialoguer = "0.10.4"
+chrono = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b3ae97f..148be36 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use colored::*;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use dialoguer::Input;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use chrono::Local;
 
 fn run_git_command(repo_path: &str, git_command: &str, index: Option<usize>) -> Result<String, String> {
     let mut command = Command::new("sh");
@@ -139,20 +140,36 @@ async fn main() {
 
             let mut commit_state = load_commit_state(&data_dir);
 
+            // Save summaries in date-organized folders: data/summaries/YYYY-MM-DD/
+            let now = Local::now();
+            let date_str = now.format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
+            let time_str = now.format("%H%M%S").to_string();
+            let summaries_dir = current_dir.join("data").join("summaries").join(&date_str);
+            create_dir_all(&summaries_dir).expect("failed to create summaries directory");
+
+            let dated_filename = format!("summary-{}.md", time_str);
+            let dated_file_path = summaries_dir.join(&dated_filename);
+
+            // Also write to the root file for backward compatibility
             let file_path = current_dir.join("git_commit_summaries.md");
             let file_path_str = file_path.to_str().expect("Failed to convert file path to string");
             let mut file = File::create(&file_path).expect("Failed to create file");
-
-            writeln!(file, "# Git Commit Summaries\n").expect("Failed to write to file");
-
-            writeln!(file, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, " ").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, "PRESS CMD+SHIFT+V TO VIEW IN MARKDOWN").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, " ").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, "_______________________________________________________________________").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
-            writeln!(file, "Total number of commits: {}\n", commit_hashes.len()).expect("Failed to write to file");
+            let mut dated_file = File::create(&dated_file_path).expect("Failed to create dated summary file");
+
+            println!("{}", format!("Summary will be saved to: {}", dated_file_path.display()).cyan());
+
+            // Write header to both files
+            for f in [&mut file, &mut dated_file] {
+                writeln!(f, "# Git Commit Summaries — {}\n", date_str).expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, " ").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "PRESS CMD+SHIFT+V TO VIEW IN MARKDOWN").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, " ").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "_______________________________________________________________________").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------").expect("Failed to write to file");
+                writeln!(f, "Total number of commits: {}\n", commit_hashes.len()).expect("Failed to write to file");
+            }
 
             let mut tasks = Vec::new();
 
@@ -195,10 +212,12 @@ async fn main() {
             for result in results {
                 if let Ok(Some((index, commit_hash, summary))) = result {
                     println!("{}", format!("processing commit {} of {}: {}", index + 1, commit_hashes.len(), commit_hash).cyan());
-                    writeln!(file, "<details>\n<summary>summary for commit {} ({})</summary>\n\n{}\n</details>\n", index + 1, commit_hash, summary)
-                        .expect("Failed to write to file");
-                    writeln!(file, "------------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
-                        .expect("Failed to write to file");
+                    for f in [&mut file, &mut dated_file] {
+                        writeln!(f, "<details>\n<summary>summary for commit {} ({})</summary>\n\n{}\n</details>\n", index + 1, commit_hash, summary)
+                            .expect("Failed to write to file");
+                        writeln!(f, "------------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
+                            .expect("Failed to write to file");
+                    }
                     combined_changes.push(summary);
                     commit_state.processed_commits.push(commit_hash);
                 }
@@ -209,13 +228,16 @@ async fn main() {
             let overall_summary = summarize_changes(&combined_changes.join("\n")).await
                 .unwrap_or_else(|e| format!("Error generating overall summary: {}", e));
 
-            writeln!(file, "# Overall Summary of Changes\n\n{}", overall_summary)
-                .expect("Failed to write overall summary to file");
+            for f in [&mut file, &mut dated_file] {
+                writeln!(f, "# Overall Summary of Changes\n\n{}", overall_summary)
+                    .expect("Failed to write overall summary to file");
+            }
 
             open_md_in_preview(file_path_str);
 
             println!("{}", "Job finished successfully!".green());
             println!("{}", format!("Summary file created at: {}", file_path_str).green());
+            println!("{}", format!("Dated copy saved to: {}", dated_file_path.display()).green());
 
             save_commit_state(&data_dir, &commit_state);
         }