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MCPCurrentTime

A python Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides a simple and reliable way to get the current time in any timezone with customizable formatting.

Overview

MCPCurrentTime is an MCP server that wraps a time utility tool, allowing AI assistants and other MCP clients to retrieve the current time in various timezones and formats. This is particularly useful for applications that need timezone-aware time information or want to display time in user-friendly formats.

The server is based on the python mcp package.

Features

  • Timezone Support: Get current time in any timezone supported by the pytz library
  • Flexible Formatting: Customize time output using Python's strftime directives
  • Error Handling: Robust error handling for invalid timezones and format strings
  • Simple Integration: Easy to integrate with any MCP-compatible application

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.7+
  • Required packages:
    • mcp
    • pytz
  • install with

pip install MCPCurrentTime

Usage

Running the Server

You can run the MCP server in several ways:

Command Line, with stdio transport
python MCPCurrentTime.py
As a Module
from MCPCurrentTime import MCPCurrentTime server = MCPCurrentTime() server.run_server()
Custom Transport
from MCPCurrentTime import MCPCurrentTime server = MCPCurrentTime() # Run with custom MCP arguments server.run_server({"transport": "stdio"})

Tool Usage

The server provides a single tool called get_time with the following parameters:

Parameters
  • time_format (optional, default: "%Y%m%d%H%M%S"): The format string for time output
  • timezone (optional, default: "UTC"): The timezone to get the current time for
Time Format Examples

The time_format parameter uses Python's strftime directives:

  • "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" → "2025-06-30 14:30:45"
  • "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" → "20250630143045" (default)
  • "%B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p" → "June 30, 2025 at 02:30 PM"
  • "%A, %B %d, %Y" → "Monday, June 30, 2025"
Timezone Examples

The timezone parameter accepts any timezone from the pytz library:

  • "UTC" (default)
  • "America/New_York"
  • "Europe/London"
  • "Asia/Tokyo"
  • "Australia/Sydney"
  • "America/Los_Angeles"
Example Calls
# Get current time in default format and UTC await get_time() # Returns: "20250630-143045" # Get current time in New York with custom format await get_time(time_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", timezone="America/New_York") # Returns: "2025-06-30 10:30:45" # Get current date only in Tokyo await get_time(time_format="%Y-%m-%d", timezone="Asia/Tokyo") # Returns: "2025-06-30"

AI Assistant Integration

A tool for AI assistants that need to:

  • Schedule appointments and events
  • Provide time-aware responses
  • Generate timestamps for logs or documents
  • Real-time clock functionality
  • Time-based file naming
  • Log generation with timezone awareness
  • Batch processing with time tracking
  • ...

License

This project is open source. Please refer to the LICENSE file for details.

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A Model Context Protocol server that provides the current time in any timezone with customizable formatting, allowing AI assistants to access accurate time information.

  1. Overview
    1. Features
      1. Installation
        1. Prerequisites
      2. Usage
        1. Running the Server
        2. Tool Usage
        3. AI Assistant Integration
      3. License

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