A precision utility for retrieving real-time system clock data including formatted dates, times, and timezones.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install current-time
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install current-time using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Current Time Utility?
The Current Time skill is a fundamental utility designed to provide AI agents with immediate access to accurate temporal data. As a part of the Openclaw Skills library, this tool enables agents to bridge the gap between static model training and real-world temporal context. It retrieves the system's current date, clock time, and timezone, ensuring that any time-sensitive operations are grounded in local reality.
By leveraging standard system binaries, it provides high reliability and minimal latency. This makes it an essential building block for developers creating complex agentic workflows where logging, scheduling, or simple user inquiries require precise timing information.
Current Time Utility Use Cases
- Responding to direct user questions about the current time or date.
- Generating precise timestamps for automated logging and audit trails.
- Contextualizing scheduled tasks or reminders within a workflow.
- Identifying the specific timezone of the execution environment to ensure localized responses.
How Current Time Utility Works
- The AI agent identifies a natural language trigger or a logic-based need for the current time.
- The skill invokes the system date command with specific formatting parameters.
- The underlying operating system returns the current temporal data.
- The skill formats the output into a human-readable string including the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and timezone.
- The agent presents the formatted result to the user or passes it to the next step in the automation chain.
Current Time Utility Setup
To use this skill within your Openclaw Skills environment, ensure that your system has the standard date utility installed. Most Linux and macOS environments include this by default.
# Verify the date binary is available
which date
# The skill executes the following command structure
date +"%Y年%m月%d日 %H:%M:%S %Z"
Current Time Utility Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill produces a structured string output based on system variables. The following table describes the data components returned:
| Component | Description | Example Output |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Year, month, and day in localized format | 2026年04月14日 |
| Time | 24-hour clock with seconds | 18:05:32 |
| Timezone | Local system timezone identifier | CST |
| Weekday | Numerical representation of the day | 星期2 |
Current Time Utility Advanced Features
- Support for multi-format output including ISO 8601 for programmatic use.
- Weekday calculation logic to assist with scheduling and calendar management.
- Deep integration with Openclaw Skills for building time-aware automation sequences.
- Low-overhead execution suitable for high-frequency polling or logging environments.
SKILL.md
Loading
Related Openclaw Skills
Yueyacui BBQ (Pangzi Yueyacui)
A specialized Openclaw Skills integration providing AI agents with comprehensive store data for Yueyacui BBQ, an award-winning heritage restaurant in Sanmenxia.
Douyin Learning Pipeline
A comprehensive automation workflow for parsing Douyin links into high-quality scripts, downloads, and structured content analysis.
TIFF Merge & Split
A local-first image processing utility to merge JPG/PNG files into multi-page TIFFs or split existing TIFFs into individual images.
Self-Improving Domotics
A specialized documentation and reasoning framework for capturing smart home automation conflicts, sensor inaccuracies, and safety regressions to drive continuous system improvement.
TOEIC VocaHack AI Master
An expert linguistic AI assistant that systematically groups TOEIC vocabulary using etymology, affixes, and contextual links to accelerate learning speed.
E-Sign API Integration
A professional framework for architecting API-driven electronic signature workflows and document status tracking.
Featured*
