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Time MCP server

Name: Time
Author: Model Context Protocol

MIT

Current time and timezone conversion, so the assistant stops guessing at dates.

At a glance

Time is the official MCP reference server in the Productivity category. It runs locally over stdio via `uvx mcp-server-time`, and declares no required credentials. It exposes 2 tools, including get_current_time and convert_time. It scores A (93/100) on the MCP Skills Hub health score as of Oct 27, 2026.

Source 92k

One-click install

VS Code VS Code Insiders Cursor

Opens your editor and pre-fills the config. Your editor will ask before adding it.

How to install Time in your AI client

Setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline and VS Code — copy-paste ready.

How to install Time in Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI

Add the server

bash

claude mcp add time -- uvx mcp-server-time

2
Verify it's connected
bash
```
claude mcp list
```
Sharing it with your team?
Add `--scope project` to write it to .mcp.json in the repository root, which you can commit (with the secrets left as environment variables).
Use it in a session
Ask Claude to use the tools this server exposes (e.g. get_current_time, convert_time). It discovers them automatically.

How to install Time in Claude DesktopDesktop app (MCP config)

Open your MCP config
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add this server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop
The tools appear under the 🔌 menu once the app reloads.

How to install Time in CursorAI-first code editor

Create / edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Enable it
Cursor Settings → MCP → toggle the server on. Tools become available to the Composer/Agent.

How to install Time in Codex CLIOpenAI coding agent

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml

toml

[mcp_servers.time]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-server-time"]

Run Codex
Codex loads MCP servers from config.toml on startup and exposes their tools to the agent.

How to install Time in WindsurfCodeium's agentic IDE

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reload
Windsurf → Cascade → refresh MCP servers. Cascade can now call the tools.

How to install Time in ClineVS Code autonomous agent

Open Cline → MCP Servers → Configure
Adds to cline_mcp_settings.json.

Add the server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}

How to install Time in VS CodeCopilot / MCP support

Create .vscode/mcp.json

json

{
  "servers": {
    "time": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Start it
VS Code shows a ▶ Start action above the server entry. Agent mode (Copilot Chat) can then use the tools.

What tools does Time expose? (2)

Taken from the project's README — the server itself was not queried, so check its docs for the exact schemas.

get_current_timeGet current time in a specific timezone or system timezone.
convert_timeConvert time between timezones.

What the code can do

Source analysis currently covers npm packages only. This server ships as a Python package, which needs a different parser.

Before you install

Signals gathered from the source repo and package registry — not a safety verdict.

What it can reach

Runs code on your machine — Executes as a local process with your user's permissions, including filesystem access.
Downloads at launch — The package is fetched from its registry each run unless you pin a version.

Last commit today — Actively maintained.
92k GitHub stars — Community adoption signal.

Client compatibility

Claude Code: NativeClaude Desktop: NativeCursor: NativeCodex CLI: NativeWindsurf: NativeCline: NativeVS Code: Native

Health score

A · 93

Maintenance, adoption, transparency and packaging — not a safety audit. How this is calculated

Maintenance30%100%
Last commit 0 days ago.
Adoption20%100%
91630 stars.
Transparency20%100%
4/4: ✓ public source repo, ✓ declared license, ✓ documentation, ✓ discoverable tool list.
Provenance15%100%
Official reference implementation, maintained by the MCP steering group.
Packaging15%50%
No pinned version — installs resolve to whatever is latest at launch.

Documentation

Full README

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.

Source: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/time

Requires MCP Python SDK 2.x (mcp>=2.3,<3).

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

A timezone name, here and in --local-timezone, must be an exact IANA key, case included: Europe/Warsaw is accepted and europe/warsaw is rejected on every platform, including macOS, whose case-insensitive filesystem would otherwise resolve it.

Protocol versions

The server speaks both eras of the Model Context Protocol over stdio, with nothing to configure: a 2026-07-28 client (discovered with server/discover, no session) and a 2025-11-25 client (the initialize handshake). The client's first request decides which. Tools behave the same in both. Methods the 2026-07-28 specification removes, such as ping, are answered only on a 2025-11-25 connection.

Results and errors

The server is built on the SDK's high-level MCPServer. Each tool declares an outputSchema and returns its result twice: as structuredContent, and as the same object in indented JSON in a text block, for a client that does not read structured output.

A tool failure is an `isError` result whose text the model can read and act on, prefixed Error executing tool <name>: . That covers an unknown or non-exact timezone (Invalid timezone: ...), an empty timezone (Missing required argument: <argument>), a time not in HH:MM 24-hour form, a wall-clock time skipped by a clock change, and an argument missing or of the wrong type (the SDK's validation message).
An unknown tool name is a JSON-RPC `-32602` error (Unknown tool: <name>), not an isError result, as both protocol versions specify.
The server registers no prompts or resources. Their list methods answer with empty lists.

Installation

Excerpt — the full document is on GitHub.

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