Time & Location MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that automatically detects and provides your current time and location information.

Features

Auto-detection: Automatically detects your system timezone and location
get_current_time: Returns current date/time in your local timezone
get_location: Returns your location based on IP geolocation

Related MCP server: Time Server

Setup & Running

Using Docker Compose

# Build and run (will auto-detect timezone and location) docker-compose up --build # Run in background docker-compose up -d # Override location if needed CITY="Seattle" PROVINCE="WA" COUNTRY="USA" docker-compose up

Manual Docker Build

# Build image docker build -t time-mcp-server . # Run with timezone mounting docker run -it \ -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \ -v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \ time-mcp-server

MCP Client Configuration

For Cursor

Open Cursor Settings (Cmd+, on Mac or Ctrl+, on Windows/Linux)
Search for "Model Context Protocol" or navigate to Features > Beta
Enable MCP if not already enabled
Add this configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "time-location": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-v", "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro", "-v", "/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro", "time_mcp-time-mcp-server" ] } } }

For Zed

Open Zed settings (Cmd+, on Mac)
Add to your settings.json:

{ "assistant": { "version": "2", "provider": { "name": "anthropic" }, "mcp": { "servers": { "time-location": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-v", "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro", "-v", "/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro", "time_mcp-time-mcp-server" ] } } } } }

Note: Make sure the Docker container is built first with docker-compose build

Tools Available

get_current_time
- Automatically detects your system timezone
- Returns current time with timezone info
- Includes ISO format, Unix timestamp, and UTC offset
get_location
- Uses IP-based geolocation (requires internet)
- Falls back to environment variables if set
- Returns city, province/state, country, and coordinates