mcp/time

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MCP server for time info and IANA timezone conversions with auto system timezone detection.

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Time MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides time and timezone conversion capabilities. This server enables LLMs to get current time information and perform timezone conversions using IANA timezone names, with automatic system timezone detection.

Available Tools
  • get_current_time - Get current time in a specific timezone or system timezone.

    • Required arguments:
      • timezone (string): IANA timezone name (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Europe/London')
  • convert_time - Convert time between timezones.

    • Required arguments:
      • source_timezone (string): Source IANA timezone name
      • time (string): Time in 24-hour format (HH:MM)
      • target_timezone (string): Target IANA timezone name

Configuration

Configure for Claude.app

Add to your Claude settings:

"mcpServers": {
  "time": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/time"]
  }
}
Customization - System Timezone

By default, the server automatically detects your system's timezone. You can override this by adding the argument --local-timezone to the args list in the configuration.

Example:

{
  "command": "python",
  "args": ["-m", "mcp_server_time", "--local-timezone=America/New_York"]
}

Example Interactions

  1. Get current time:
{
  "name": "get_current_time",
  "arguments": {
    "timezone": "Europe/Warsaw"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "timezone": "Europe/Warsaw",
  "datetime": "2024-01-01T13:00:00+01:00",
  "is_dst": false
}
  1. Convert time between timezones:
{
  "name": "convert_time",
  "arguments": {
    "source_timezone": "America/New_York",
    "time": "16:30",
    "target_timezone": "Asia/Tokyo"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "source": {
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
    "datetime": "2024-01-01T12:30:00-05:00",
    "is_dst": false
  },
  "target": {
    "timezone": "Asia/Tokyo",
    "datetime": "2024-01-01T12:30:00+09:00",
    "is_dst": false
  },
  "time_difference": "+13.0h"
}

Examples of Questions for Claude

  1. "What time is it now?" (will use system timezone)
  2. "What time is it in Tokyo?"
  3. "When it's 4 PM in New York, what time is it in London?"
  4. "Convert 9:30 AM Tokyo time to New York time"

License

mcp-server-time is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.

Docker Pull Command

docker pull mcp/time