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url: >-
  https://adk.nht.io/api/@nhtio/adk/batteries/tools/time/variables/getCurrentTimeTool.md
description: Return the current time formatted in a given timezone.
---

# Variable: getCurrentTimeTool

```ts
const getCurrentTimeTool: Tool<SpooledArtifact>;
```

Defined in: [batteries/tools/time/index.ts:23](https://github.com/NHTIO/ADK/blob/v1.20260605.0/src/batteries/tools/time/index.ts#L23)

Return the current time formatted in a given timezone.

## Remarks

`timezone` defaults to `UTC` when omitted. The ADK has no notion of a "user local"
timezone, so callers should pass an IANA zone (`America/New_York`, `Europe/London`, ...) for
non-UTC formatting.