Current Date and Time Agent
Overview
The Current Date and Time Agent is an out-of-the-box Agent within the ai12z Copilot suite that allows you to retrieve the current date, time, timezone, and day of the week for a specified timezone. By providing a simple parameter, you can access accurate and up-to-date time information, enhancing your application's functionality that depends on time-sensitive data. This agent simplifies the integration of time and date features into your applications, requiring no customization
Key Features
- Time Zone Specification: Retrieve the current date and time for any specified timezone.
- Comprehensive Time Data: Access the current date, time, timezone, and day name.
- Easy Integration: As an out-of-the-box agent, it requires no customization and integrates seamlessly with your applications.
Purpose
If the LLM needs the time of a paticular region it can call this agent:
- Enhance Application Functionality: Provide accurate time and date information
- Simplify Integration: Eliminate the need for complex time zone conversions and date-time handling
- Save Time: Automate the retrieval and formatting of time and date data
How It Works
- Input Parameter: The LLM provide the desired timezone using the
time_zone
parameter. If not specified, the default timezone is'UTC'
. - Time Retrieval: The agent uses the specified timezone to retrieve the current date and time.
- Data Formatting: It formats the date and time information into a structured JSON format, including the date, time, timezone, and day name.
- Output Delivery: Returns the formatted data to the LLM
Parameters
When invoking the Current Date and Time Agent, the LLM can specify the following parameter:
- time_zone (string, optional): The timezone for which you want to retrieve the current date and time. This should be a valid timezone string (e.g.,
"America/New_York"
,"Europe/London"
). The default value is'UTC'
.
Note: For a reference to the current time in the system prompt, you can use {tz=America/New_York}
.
Enabling the Agent
To enable the Current Date and Time Agent in your ai12z Copilot:
- Access the Agent Settings: Log in to your ai12z Copilot dashboard and navigate to the Agents section.
- Locate the Agent: Find the Current Date and Time agent in the list of available agents.
- Enable the Agent: Click on the agent and select Enable to activate it for your projects.
- Set Parameters: When using the agent, specify the
time_zone
parameter as needed for your application.
Benefits
- User Engagement: LLM will be updated with accurate time and date information, improving user experience for time-sensitive functionalities.
- Global Reach: Cater to users in different time zones by providing localized time information.