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MCP DateTime Server 🕒

MCP DateTime Server 🕒

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github.com/mamisoaDeveloper Tools1Updated 84w ago
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About MCP DateTime Server 🕒

MCP DateTime Server provides ISO 8601 timestamps and datetime operations for Cursor IDE users. It supports timestamp insertion in changelogs, documentation, logs, and audit records.

Key features

  1. 01Retrieve current time in ISO 8601 format
  2. 02Generate timestamps for documentation
  3. 03Support changelog and version-control updates

Use cases

  1. 01Add timestamps to changelog entries
  2. 02Record documentation update times
  3. 03Create timestamps for logs and audit trails

MCP support

It exposes datetime functionality to MCP clients, including Cursor IDE. The server can provide current datetime values for timestamp-related tasks.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

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Details

From the project README

MCP DateTime Server 🕒

Overview

MCP DateTime Server is a specialized tool designed to provide datetime functionality within the Cursor IDE environment. It enables accurate timestamp generation and datetime operations, which is particularly useful for maintaining changelogs, documentation versioning, and other time-sensitive operations.

Features ✨

  • ⏰ Current datetime retrieval in ISO 8601 format
  • 🔌 Integration with Cursor IDE
  • 📝 Useful for automated changelog generation
  • 🏷️ Timestamp generation for documentation
  • 🔄 Version control support

Installation 🚀

Prerequisites
  • 🐍 Python 3.x
  • 📦 Poetry (Python dependency management)
  • 💻 Cursor IDE
Setup
  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/mamisoa/mcp-server.git
cd mcp-server
  1. Install dependencies with Poetry:
poetry install
  1. Add the following configuration to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datetime": {
      "command": "poetry",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "python",
        "/path/to/your/mcp-server/mcp_server/mcp-datetime.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. Replace /path/to/your with your actual installation path.

Usage

In Changelogs

When creating or updating changelogs, you can use the datetime server to automatically insert timestamps:

## [Version 1.0.0] - <timestamp>
Other Use Cases

  1. Documentation Updates 📚

    • Automatically timestamp when documentation was last updated
    • Track review cycles for technical documentation

  2. Version Control 🔄

    • Add timestamps to commit messages
    • Track when files were last modified

  3. Logging 📊

    • Generate precise timestamps for application logs
    • Track execution time of operations

  4. Audit Trails 🔍

    • Maintain accurate records of system modifications
    • Track user actions with precise timestamps

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

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