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Get Current Time

Category: Core Temporal Tools

CRITICAL: CALL THIS BEFORE WRITING ANY DATES IN CODE/DOCS/CHANGELOGS! Use when user asks 'What time is it?' OR when YOU need to write dates (YYYY-MM-DD format). ALWAYS check current date before creating version tags, CHANGELOG entries, git commit messages, or any timestamped content. Returns: ISO datetime, timezone, day_of_week, date_string (e.g., 'Thursday, December 12, 2024'), time_string, time_of_day. NO PARAMETERS REQUIRED. Prevents temporal bugs caused by using wrong dates.

Parameters

No parameters required - this tool is called without arguments.

Returns

datetime_iso:ISO 8601 datetime

timezone:IANA timezone

day_of_week:Day name

date_string:Formatted date

time_string:Formatted time

time_of_day:morning/afternoon/evening/night

hour:Hour (0-23)

minute:Minute

second:Second

Example

Returns current time with timezone information

Try It Now

This tool is available in the Vreme MCP server. Install via:

npx -y @vreme/temporal-mcp

Or add to your Claude Desktop, VS Code, Continue, or Cline configuration. See installation guide.