Datetime Server Tool - Current Date and Time for Any Model

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The openrouter:datetime server tool gives any model access to the current date and time. This is useful for prompts that require temporal awareness — scheduling, time-sensitive questions, or any task where the model needs to know “right now.”

Quick Start

Configuration

The datetime tool accepts an optional timezone parameter:

{
  "type": "openrouter:datetime",
  "parameters": {
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  }
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`timezone`	string	`UTC`	IANA timezone name (e.g. `"America/New_York"`, `"Europe/London"`, `"Asia/Tokyo"`)

Response

When the model calls the datetime tool, it receives a response like:

{
  "datetime": "2025-07-15T14:30:00.000-04:00",
  "timezone": "America/New_York"
}

Pricing

The datetime tool has no additional cost beyond standard token usage.

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