---
title: "Time MCP server – install in Claude Desktop and Cursor"
summary: "Reference MCP server that exposes the current time and timezone conversions to the agent."
canonical: https://unlocksaas.com/mcp-tools/time
updated: 2026-05-22
publisher: "Unlock SaaS"
author: "Maryan"
license: All rights reserved. Quotation with attribution permitted.
---

# Time MCP server

> Reference MCP server that exposes the current time and timezone conversions to the agent.

- Vendor: Anthropic (reference)
- Vendor URL: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/time
- Category: Reference servers
- Distribution: npm package (runs locally)
- Install handle: @modelcontextprotocol/server-time
- Official: yes
- Access: Local, free, no auth.

## TL;DR

The Time reference server gives the assistant a deterministic answer to questions like the current time in a given timezone or the conversion between two zones. Tiny, focused, and useful any time the model needs to reason about scheduling, cohorts, or anything time-dependent without hallucinating the current moment.

## Why an indie SaaS founder cares

If you ever ask Claude to draft a launch announcement, schedule a cohort kickoff, or convert a webinar time across timezones, install this server so the answer is anchored in real clock state and not in the model's training-data sense of 'now'.

## What an agent can do with it

- **Get current time** – Return the current time in any IANA timezone.
- **Convert between timezones** – Translate a timestamp from one zone to another.

## Install in Claude Desktop

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-time"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Install in Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-time"]
    }
  }
}
```

## FAQ

**Why install a time MCP at all?**

Language models do not know the current time on their own. A trivial MCP that returns the clock prevents a whole class of date-confusion mistakes.

Last verified: 2026-05-22.

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Canonical URL: https://unlocksaas.com/mcp-tools/time
Publisher: Unlock SaaS (https://unlocksaas.com)
Contact: maryan@unlocksaas.com