Now

An MCP server that provides tools to get the current date and time. Mainly designed to easily test MCP compatibility.

Tools

get_current_datetime

Returns the current date and time.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
timezone	string	No	IANA timezone name (e.g. America/New_York). Defaults to local system timezone.

Example output: 03/17/2026, 10:45:00 AM EDT

get_current_date

Returns the current date only (no time).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
timezone	string	No	IANA timezone name (e.g. America/New_York). Defaults to local system timezone.

Example output: 2026-03-17

Install

npm install -g mcp-now

Or run on demand without installing:

npx mcp-now

Usage

Build and run

npm install
npm run build
npm start

Development

npm run dev

Debug with MCP Inspector

npm run inspect

Opens a browser UI at http://localhost:5173 where you can list tools, call them with custom arguments, and inspect raw JSON-RPC messages.

MCP client configuration

Once installed globally (or available via npx), point your MCP client at the mcp-now binary:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "now": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-now"]
    }
  }
}