时区查询与转换服务

mcp-timezone 是一款面向 AI 代理和开发者的时区服务,提供按 IANA 时区获取当前时间、浏览全部时区、按 IP 获取时区时间以及跨时区转换,适用于 MCP 客户端和自动化场景。

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使用说明

mcp-timezone

Timezone MCP — wraps timeapi.io (free, no auth)

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1857+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.

Tools

Tool Description
get_time_by_timezone Get the current date and time in a specific IANA timezone (e.g. "America/New_York", "Europe/London", "Asia/Tokyo").
list_timezones List all 590+ IANA timezone strings available from timeapi.io.
get_time_by_ip Get the current date and time for the timezone of an IP address (resolved via ip-api.com → timeapi.io).
convert_time Convert a datetime from one timezone to another. If no time is provided the current time in the source timezone is used.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "timezone": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/timezone/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/timezone/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1857+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_time_by_timezone \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"timezone":"America/New_York"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_time_by_timezone. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Run it from npm

@pipeworx/mcp-timezone is a local stdio bridge to the Pipeworx gateway: your MCP client starts it with npx, and it forwards every call to the same https://gateway.pipeworx.io/timezone/mcp endpoint shown above. It needs network access; there is no offline mode.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "timezone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-timezone"]
    }
  }
}

Without a key it calls anonymously, capped at 50 calls a day. A free account raises that to 200 a day: get a key at https://pipeworx.io/signup and add "env": { "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<your key>" } to the server entry. The key is sent as a Bearer token, the same way a hosted connection sends it, so calls are metered and billed exactly as they are there.

It lists only this pack's tools by default. Set PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1 to also list ask_pipeworx and the other gateway-wide tools.

Behind an HTTPS proxy: Node's built-in fetch does not read HTTPS_PROXY by default. Newer Node releases honour it when NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 is set; check your Node version's documentation.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Timezone data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

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License

MIT