MCP Time Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| current_timeB | Returns the current time in UTC and a specified or guessed IANA timezone. |
| relative_timeA | Calculates the relative time from now to a given date-time string. |
| days_in_monthA | Returns the number of days in the month of a given date. |
| get_timestampA | Converts a date-time string to a Unix timestamp in milliseconds. |
| convert_timeA | Converts a time from a source IANA timezone to a target IANA timezone. |
| get_week_yearA | Returns the week number and ISO week number for a given date. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 6 tools
Each tool targets a distinct time operation: current time, conversion, timestamp, relative time, calendar calculations. There is no functional overlap.
Names mix verb-first patterns (get_timestamp, convert_time) with noun/adjective-first patterns (relative_time, current_time, days_in_month). A consistent verb-noun convention would improve predictability.
Six tools is well-scoped for a time server, covering common time operations without unnecessary bloat.
Core time operations are covered, but a few useful additions (e.g., date arithmetic, timezone list, formatting) are missing. The current set is sufficient for standard use cases.