diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/datautils.mjs b/tools/server/public_simplechat/datautils.mjs
index 75159d6b16..a4b305c6cc 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/datautils.mjs
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/datautils.mjs
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ export function trim_hist_garbage_at_end(sIn, maxType, maxUniq, maxMatchLenThres
     let iNum = 0;
     let iOth = 0;
     // Learn
+    /**
+     * @type {Object<string, number>}
+     */
     let hist = {};
     let iUniq = 0;
     for(let i=0; i<maxMatchLenThreshold; i++) {
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
index 27696c04bf..1fc680532f 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ remember to
       * review and update this to match your needs.
     * the shared bearer token between server and client ui
 
-* other builtin tool / function calls like calculator, javascript runner, DataStore dont require the
-  simpleproxy.py helper.
+* other builtin tool / function calls like datetime, calculator, javascript runner, DataStore
+  dont require the simpleproxy.py helper.
 
 
 
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ The following tools/functions are currently provided by default
 
 ##### directly in browser
 
+* sys_date_time - provides the current date and time
+
 * simple_calculator - which can solve simple arithmatic expressions
 
 * run_javascript_function_code - which can be used to run ai generated or otherwise javascript code
@@ -628,6 +630,8 @@ sliding window based drop off or even before they kick in, this can help in many
 
 * renamed pdf_to_text to fetch_pdf_as_text so that ai model can understand the semantic better.
 
+* sys_date_time tool call has been added.
+
 
 #### ToDo
 
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/tooljs.mjs b/tools/server/public_simplechat/tooljs.mjs
index 364d92daa4..cc0d6e4cb3 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/tooljs.mjs
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/tooljs.mjs
@@ -11,6 +11,76 @@
 let gToolsWorker = /** @type{Worker} */(/** @type {unknown} */(null));
 
 
+let sysdatetime_meta = {
+        "type": "function",
+        "function": {
+            "name": "sys_date_time",
+            "description": "Returns the current system date and time. One can optionally pass template to control what and all parts of date and time are returned",
+            "parameters": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                     "template": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": `Optional template can be any combination of Y,M,D,h,m,s.
+                            Y - FullYear 4 digits, M - Month 2 digits, D - Day 2 digits,
+                            h - hour 2 digits, m - minutes 2 digits, s - seconds 2 digits,
+                            any other char will be returned as is
+
+                            If no template is given, it defaults to YMDThm
+                            `
+                    }
+               },
+                "required": ["template"]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the system date and time.
+ * @param {string} chatid
+ * @param {string} toolcallid
+ * @param {string} toolname
+ * @param {any} obj
+ */
+function sysdatetime_run(chatid, toolcallid, toolname, obj) {
+    let dt = new Date()
+    let tmpl = obj['template'];
+    if ((tmpl == undefined) || (tmpl == "")) {
+        tmpl = 'YMDThm';
+    }
+    let sDT = ""
+    for (const c of tmpl) {
+        switch (c) {
+            case 'Y':
+                sDT += dt.getFullYear().toString().padStart(4, '0')
+                break;
+            case 'M':
+                sDT += (dt.getMonth()+1).toString().padStart(2, '0')
+                break;
+            case 'D':
+                sDT += dt.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+                break;
+            case 'h':
+                sDT += dt.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+                break;
+            case 'm':
+                sDT += dt.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+                break;
+            case 's':
+                sDT += dt.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+                break;
+            default:
+                sDT += c;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (gToolsWorker.onmessage != null) {
+        gToolsWorker.onmessage(new MessageEvent('message', {data: {cid: chatid, tcid: toolcallid, name: toolname, data: sDT}}))
+    }
+}
+
+
 let js_meta = {
         "type": "function",
         "function": {
@@ -79,6 +149,11 @@ function calc_run(chatid, toolcallid, toolname, obj) {
  * @type {Object<string, Object<string, any>>}
  */
 export let tc_switch = {
+    "sys_date_time": {
+        "handler": sysdatetime_run,
+        "meta": sysdatetime_meta,
+        "result": ""
+    },
     "run_javascript_function_code": {
         "handler": js_run,
         "meta": js_meta,