Text Processing

Date Extractor (日期提取器)

Extract dates from text in multiple formats including Chinese, ISO, and US formats with detailed analysis and summary

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/date-extractor' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"text":"Paste or type text containing dates to extract...","includePartial":false,"formats":"all","outputFormat":"original"}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/date-extractor

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
text	textarea	Yes	—
includePartial	checkbox	No	Include partial dates like "May 5", "2023年5月", "去年5月1" without full year or day specification
formats	select	No	Choose which date format types to extract
outputFormat	select	No	Choose the format for extracted dates

Response format

JSON result

JSON

{
  "key": {...},
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-date-extractor": {
      "name": "date-extractor",
      "description": "Extract dates from text in multiple formats including Chinese, ISO, and US formats with detailed analysis and summary",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=date-extractor",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "date-extractor",
    "arguments": {
  "text": "Paste or type text containing dates to extract...",
  "includePartial": false,
  "formats": "all",
  "outputFormat": "original"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/date-extractor' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"text":"Paste or type text containing dates to extract...","includePartial":false,"formats":"all","outputFormat":"original"}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

text

textarea

Yes

—

includePartial

checkbox

Include partial dates like "May 5", "2023年5月", "去年5月1" without full year or day specification

formats

select

Choose which date format types to extract

outputFormat

select

Choose the format for extracted dates

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-date-extractor": { "name": "date-extractor", "description": "Extract dates from text in multiple formats including Chinese, ISO, and US formats with detailed analysis and summary", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=date-extractor", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "date-extractor", "arguments": { "text": "Paste or type text containing dates to extract...", "includePartial": false, "formats": "all", "outputFormat": "original" } } }