This example demonstrates how to add current date and time context to agent instructions, enabling the agent to provide time-aware responses.

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Code

cookbook/agents/context_management/datetime_instructions.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
    timezone_identifier="Etc/UTC",
)
agent.print_response(
    "What is the current date and time? What is the current time in NYC?"
)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Install libraries

pip install -U agno openai
3

Run Agent

python cookbook/agents/context_management/datetime_instructions.py