Tools / time.now
Current time
time.now
Current date and time in any IANA timezone, with UTC offset and daylight-saving flag.
DataLaunch set1 unit per callnot cachedMCP: time_nowv1.0.0
When to use it
Use whenever you need today's date or the current time, because models do not know it. Pass an IANA timezone such as Europe/Berlin. Defaults to UTC.
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
timezone | string (1+ chars, ≤ 64 chars) | IANA timezone, e.g. America/New_York. Default: "UTC". |
Output
Returns data with: timezone, iso (local time with offset), utc (ISO 8601 Z), unix_s, weekday, utc_offset, is_dst.
Request
curl -X POST https://agentops.tools/v1/time.now \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"timezone":"Asia/Tokyo"}'Over MCP the tool is named time_now. Over A2A its skill id is time.now. Same input, same envelope.