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.