Time Zone MCP server

This MCP server provides real-time timezone-aware date and time information that can be used with Claude AI. It allows you to retrieve the current time in any IANA timezone through a simple protocol integration.

Installation

To install the time-mcp server, follow these steps:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/time-mcp.git
cd time-mcp

# Set up virtual environment (using uv)
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install the package
pip install -e .

Running the Server

Once installed, you can start the MCP server with:

python -m src.time_mcp.server

This launches the server locally, making the time tool available to Claude.

Available Tools

get_current_time

This tool returns the current time in the specified timezone.

Parameters:

• timezone (string): Any valid IANA timezone identifier
  • Examples: "America/New_York", "Europe/London", "Asia/Tokyo"
  • If not specified, defaults to "UTC"

Response: The server returns time information in JSON format with ISO-formatted timestamps.

Requirements

To run time-mcp, you'll need:

• Python 3.10 or higher
• MCP library

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.