DateTime PDT - Remote MCP Server

A remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that returns the current date and time in Pacific time (America/Vancouver) with the zone's live IANA abbreviation (PDT/PST, or MST under BC's permanent UTC-7). No authentication required.

Tool

get_current_datetime_pdt

Returns the current date and time in Pacific time (America/Vancouver), formatted as DayOfWeek Month DD, YYYY HH:MMam/pm TZ, where TZ is the zone's IANA abbreviation — PDT/PST historically, and MST (permanent UTC-7) from 2026-11-01 per BC's move to permanent daylight time.

Example response:

Saturday April 04, 2026 06:11pm PDT

Related MCP server: DateTime MCP Server

Quick Start

Docker Compose (recommended)

docker compose up -d

Docker

docker build -t datetime-mcp .
docker run -d -p 8222:8000 datetime-mcp

Local

pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

The server starts on http://localhost:8222 using the Streamable HTTP transport.

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datetime-pdt": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "http://localhost:8222/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datetime-pdt": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "http://localhost:8222/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Windsurf / Other MCP Clients

Point your client to the Streamable HTTP endpoint:

http://localhost:8222/mcp

Testing

Run the test suite with pytest in a virtualenv:

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
.venv/bin/python -m pytest -q

tests/unit/ covers the pure formatter against fixed datetimes (no clock); tests/integration/ drives the FastMCP server in-process (no container, no network).

Verify a running server with curl:

# Initialize a session
curl -X POST http://localhost:8222/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0"}}}'

Project record

Start at docs/Home.md for the record: the decision log (D / F / P / O), explorations, and the working agreement.

Project Structure

.
├── server.py            # MCP server + the pure formatter
├── requirements.txt     # Runtime dependencies
├── requirements-dev.txt # Test dependencies (pytest)
├── tests/               # unit/ (formatter) + integration/ (FastMCP in-process)
├── Dockerfile           # Container image definition
├── docker-compose.yml   # Docker Compose configuration
└── README.md

Tech Stack

• Python 3.13

• MCP Python SDK (FastMCP)

• Uvicorn (ASGI server)

• Docker