MCP Server
Time MCP Server
Get current local time and convert times between IANA timezones with automatic awareness of the host system timezone.
What is Time MCP Server?
Time MCP Server is an official reference server for deterministic timezone operations. It exposes one tool for current time and another for conversions, uses IANA timezone names, detects the host timezone when relevant, and does not require a third-party service.
Key capabilities
Current time lookup
Returns the current time for a requested IANA timezone or the detected system timezone.
Timezone conversion
Converts a supplied 24-hour time between source and target timezones.
Use cases
Coordinate distributed teams
Convert meeting and deadline times across participants' IANA timezones.
Resolve local time in workflows
Give an agent a reliable current time for a named timezone without calling an external service.
MCP capabilities
Tools
get_current_time
Return current time in an IANA timezone.
convert_time
Convert a 24-hour time between two IANA timezones.
Connection and auth
- Python with uvx or pip, or Docker
Client configuration
Claude Desktop
{
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-time"]
}