
Mcp Epochs
Need to give your LLM a sense of time? This server exposes a single tool, get_unix_time, that returns the current Unix timestamp in seconds and milliseconds, plus an ISO 8601 formatted string. It's minimal by design: no parameters, no configuration, just a straightforward way to let Claude or other MCP clients know what time it is right now. Useful when you're building agents that need to timestamp events, calculate durations, or make time-based decisions without relying on the model's training cutoff date. The Python implementation uses stdio transport and installs via pip.
- tool
- 1
- transport
- STDIO
- last updated
- Mar 27, 2026
Tools
1 toolsPublic tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.
get_unix_timeReturns the current Unix timestamp as a dictionary with unix_time, unix_time_ms and iso8601 keys.
Returns the current Unix timestamp as a dictionary with unix_time, unix_time_ms and iso8601 keys.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
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mcp-epochs
mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-epochs
MCP tool that provides current Unix timestamp (epochs) to LLMs.
Install
pip install mcp-epochs
Usage
mcp-epochs
This runs the MCP server with STDIO transport. The server provides a get_unix_time tool.
MCP Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-epochs": {
"command": "mcp-epochs"
}
}
}
Development
git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-epochs.git
cd mcp-epochs
pip install -e ".[test]"
# run tests
pytest
# format
ruff format src/ tests/
# lint
ruff check src/ tests/
# type check
mypy src/
API
get_unix_time()
Details
- Repository
- github.com/daedalus/mcp-epochs
- Package
mcp-epochs- Transport
- STDIO
- Registry
- MCP registry, active