Date Operations FAQs

Question 1

How do I integrate Date Operations into my development workflow?

Accepted Answer

Date Operations runs as an MCP server with an HTTP stream transport. You can integrate it by pointing any MCP-capable client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor) at its configured HTTP stream URL, typically `http://localhost:3000`.

Question 2

How does Date Operations handle date formats?

Accepted Answer

All dates are expected and returned as ISO 8601 strings. Date formatting specifically uses Unicode tokens as per UTS #35 (date-fns v4 standard).

Question 3

What is Date Operations?

Accepted Answer

Date Operations is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing a suite of common date and time manipulation tools. It's built on `fastmcp` and powered by `date-fns`.

Question 4

What core date and time operations does it support?

Accepted Answer

It offers features like retrieving the current ISO 8601 timestamp, formatting dates using Unicode tokens (UTS #35), adding/subtracting durations (years, months, days, etc.), computing differences between two dates, and comparing dates (before, after, equal).

Question 5

Can I perform calculations like adding months or days to a date?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the `add` and `subtract` operations allow you to specify durations in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to precisely manipulate dates.

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