Time
by mcpcentral-io
Time — quick, reliable time and date utilities with timezone conversion, current time, and formatting tools for seamless
What it does
Provides time and date utilities including timezone conversions, relative time calculations, and timestamp operations. Available both locally and as a remote service.
About
Time is a community-built MCP server published by mcpcentral-io that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Time — quick, reliable time and date utilities with timezone conversion, current time, and formatting tools for seamless It is categorized under developer tools. This server exposes 6 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
How to install
You can install Time in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.
License
MIT
Time is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Readme
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Time MCP server?
- Time is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Time?
- This profile displays 75 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.8 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Use Cases
Extended AI Capabilities
Add new capabilities to Claude beyond text generation
Example
Access external data sources, execute code, interact with tools and services
Transform Claude from chatbot to action-taking agent
Context Enhancement
Provide Claude with access to relevant context and data
Example
Load project documentation, access knowledge bases, query databases
Get more accurate, context-aware responses
Workflow Automation
Automate multi-step workflows combining AI and external tools
Example
Research → Summarize → Create document → Send notification
Complete complex tasks end-to-end without manual steps
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Ratings
4.8★★★★★75 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Dec 24, 2024
Time is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Mia Robinson· Dec 24, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Time is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Omar Srinivasan· Dec 20, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Time is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Mia Martinez· Dec 20, 2024
Time has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Neel Tandon· Dec 20, 2024
According to our notes, Time benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Henry Taylor· Dec 16, 2024
Time reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Mia Reddy· Dec 8, 2024
Time reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Charlotte Taylor· Dec 4, 2024
I recommend Time for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Mia Sethi· Dec 4, 2024
We wired Time into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Ama Okafor· Nov 23, 2024
According to our notes, Time benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
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