---
title: "Current or parsed date/time"
method: POST
path: "/v1/tools/datetime"
---

# Current or parsed date/time

`POST /v1/tools/datetime`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://mcp.cleanor.app`
- URL: `https://mcp.cleanor.app/v1/tools/datetime`
- Auth: none declared

Get the current date/time, or convert a given timestamp, into a target IANA timezone with ISO, Unix and human-readable forms. Pass a Unix timestamp (seconds or ms) or an ISO string as input; omit it for "now". LLMs cannot know the real current time, so use this instead of guessing.

## Request body

- object
  - `input` string: Optional: a Unix timestamp (s or ms) or ISO date string. Omit for the current time.
  - `timezone` string: IANA timezone, e.g. "America/New_York" or "UTC".

## Response `200`

Tool result: `data` (structured) and `text` (human-readable).

- ToolResult
  - `ok` boolean
  - `tool` string
  - `data` object, nullable
  - `text` string
  - `attribution` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments.
- `429`: Rate limited (120 requests per minute per IP).

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