An Agent Skill that gives coding agents accurate current date, time, and timezone information using portable POSIX command-line tools.
Built on Kiro, but compatible with any coding agent that supports the Agent Skills specification.
Many coding agents lack reliable awareness of the current time and timezone. This skill provides a zero-dependency, cross-platform solution using the POSIX date command — no runtimes, no packages, no API keys.
- Reports current date and time with timezone offset (ISO 8601)
- Provides epoch (Unix) timestamps
- Detects system timezone configuration
- Converts between time formats
- Works on macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and any POSIX-compliant system
- A POSIX-compliant
datecommand (ships with every Unix-like OS) - No external dependencies
Copy the skill folder into your Kiro skills directory:
cp -r current-time/ ~/.kiro/skills/current-time/The skill will automatically activate when you ask about time, date, timezone, or timestamps.
Place the current-time/ directory (containing SKILL.md) into your agent's designated skills folder. Refer to your agent's documentation for the exact path.
The skill follows the Agent Skills specification, so any agent that supports this standard can pick it up.
Once installed, the skill activates on natural language prompts like:
- "What time is it?"
- "What's the current epoch timestamp?"
- "What timezone am I in?"
- "Give me today's date in ISO 8601"
- "What day of the week is it?"
- "Show me the current time in UTC"
The agent will use the appropriate date command from the skill's instructions and return the result.
| Format | Command | Example output |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 8601 | date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z' |
2026-02-12T00:00:57+0800 |
| Human-readable | date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z' |
2026-02-12 00:00:57 CST |
| Date only | date '+%Y-%m-%d' |
2026-02-12 |
| Epoch seconds | date '+%s' |
1770825657 |
| UTC | date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' |
2026-02-11T16:00:57Z |
| Day of week | date '+%A' |
Thursday |
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