World Time API GET

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World Time is a simple tool for getting the current time in any city. It returns the current time, date, and more.

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Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime

Verification

Format

No key required to try it. Get a key to use it in your app.

200 OK

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    // World Time response payload
  }
}

About the World Time API

World Time works by using the timezone database to determine the current time in any city. Based on the current time, it returns the current time, date, and more for any given city in the world

What people use it for

Time Conversion: Convert time between different time zones by using the World Time API. Get the current time in any city and convert it to another time zone
Time Synchronization: Synchronize time across different devices and systems by using the World Time API. Get the current time in any city and use it to set the time on your devices
Scheduling Software: Integrate the World Time API into scheduling software to display the current time in different cities. Use the API to show the current time in various time zones
Travel Planning: Plan travel itineraries by using the World Time API to determine the current time in different cities. Use the API to schedule flights, meetings, and events across different time zones

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON: Default REST response
XML: Markup format
YAML: Human-readable
CSV: Tabular export
GraphQL: Query language
MCP: For AI agents

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Questions.

Common questions about the World Time API.

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What does the World Time API do?

World Time is a simple tool for getting the current time in any city. It returns the current time, date, and more.

How do I authenticate World Time API requests?

Pass your API key in the x-api-key header over HTTPS. One key works across all 300+ APIVerve APIs — there are no per-endpoint credentials.

How much does the World Time API cost?

Each call spends 2 credits from your shared pool. The free tier includes 200 credits every month, and paid plans add more headroom.

How fast is the World Time API?

Response time depends on the endpoint — the p50 through p99 latency for this API is published on this page. Requests are served over HTTPS through a global edge network.

What response formats does the World Time API support?

JSON by default, plus XML and YAML via the format parameter. GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents are available across the catalog.

What HTTP method does the World Time API use?

GET over HTTPS, following standard REST conventions with a consistent { status, error, data } response envelope.

Request parameters — GET /v1/worldtime

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
`city`Required	string	`San Francisco`	The city name for which you want to get the current time (e.g., New York)

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime?city=San%20Francisco" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Header	When	Value
`x-api-key`Required	Every request	Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so `X-API-Key` is the same header.
`Authorization`Alternate	Instead of the above	`Bearer <key>` — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Response — GET /v1/worldtime

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "search": "San Francisco",
    "foundCities": [
      {
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "city_ascii": "San Francisco",
        "country": "Argentina",
        "iso2": "AR",
        "iso3": "ARG",
        "province": "Córdoba",
        "timezone": "America/Argentina/Cordoba",
        "time": "19:33",
        "time24": "19:33:04",
        "time12": "07:33:04 PM",
        "date": "2025-12-16",
        "day": "Tuesday",
        "month": "December",
        "year": "2025",
        "unix": "1765924384",
        "dst": false,
        "dst_start": "2025-12-16 19:33:04",
        "dst_end": "2025-12-16 19:33:04",
        "dst_name": "-03"
      },
      {
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "city_ascii": "San Francisco",
        "country": "United States of America",
        "iso2": "US",
        "iso3": "USA",
        "province": "California",
        "state_ansi": "CA",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
        "time": "14:33",
        "time24": "14:33:04",
        "time12": "02:33:04 PM",
        "date": "2025-12-16",
        "day": "Tuesday",
        "month": "December",
        "year": "2025",
        "unix": "1765924384",
        "dst": false,
        "dst_start": "2025-12-16 14:33:04",
        "dst_end": "2025-12-16 14:33:04",
        "dst_name": "PST"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`search`	string	`"San Francisco"`	The city name that was searched for
`foundCities`	array[2]		Array of cities matching the search query
`city`	string	`"San Francisco"`	City name as found in database
`city_ascii`	string	`"San Francisco"`	City name in ASCII format
`country`	string	`"Argentina"`	Full country name for the city
`iso2`	string	`"AR"`	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
`iso3`	string	`"ARG"`	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
`province`	string	`"Córdoba"`	Province or state name for the city
`timezone`	string	`"America/Argentina/Cordoba"`	IANA timezone identifier for the city
`time`	string	`"19:33"`	Current time in short format (HH:MM)
`time24`	string	`"19:33:04"`	Current time in 24-hour format (HH:MM:SS)
`time12`	string	`"07:33:04 PM"`	Current time in 12-hour format with AM/PM
`date`	string	`"2025-12-16"`	Current date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD)
`day`Premium	string	`"Tuesday"`	Day of week name (e.g., Monday, Tuesday)
`month`Premium	string	`"December"`	Month name (e.g., January, February)
`year`Premium	string	`"2025"`	Current year as string
`unix`Premium	string	`"1765924384"`	Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch)
`dst`Premium	boolean	`false`	Whether daylight saving time is active
`dst_start`Premium	string	`"2025-12-16 19:33:04"`	DST start date and time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
`dst_end`Premium	string	`"2025-12-16 19:33:04"`	DST end date and time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
`dst_name`Premium	string	`"-03"`	DST timezone abbreviation or offset

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Header	What it carries
`x-api-remaining-credits`	Credits left in the current cycle
`x-api-credits-used`	Credits spent in the current cycle
`x-api-max-credits`	The allowance for the cycle
`x-api-version`	Version of the endpoint that answered

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter that has to change.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted here	A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart, then back off or top up.

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Plan	Per month	Credits	World Time calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	100	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	100,000	$0.30
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	500,000	$0.20
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	2,000,000	$0.15

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

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Call it from cURL — GET /v1/worldtime

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/worldtime with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

cURL

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

GitHubapiverve/worldtime-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceWorld Time API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm apiverve-worldtimePyPI APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/worldtime

Install the Node.js SDK, then call the World Time API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — npm

npm install @apiverve/worldtime

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

npm@apiverve/worldtimeThe published Node.js client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/worldtime-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceWorld Time API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

apiverve-worldtimePyPI APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/worldtime

Install the Python SDK, then call the World Time API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — PyPI

pip install apiverve-worldtime

Python

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

PyPIapiverve-worldtimeThe published Python client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/worldtime-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceWorld Time API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/worldtime

Install the C# / .NET SDK, then call the World Time API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.

Install — NuGet

dotnet add package APIVerve.API.WorldTime

C# / .NET

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

NuGetAPIVerve.API.WorldTimeThe published C# / .NET client, versioned and signed.GitHubapiverve/worldtime-apiSource, issues and the examples this page is built from.ReferenceWorld Time API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm apiverve-worldtimePyPI

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Go — GET /v1/worldtime

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/worldtime with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm apiverve-worldtimePyPI APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/worldtime

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/worldtime with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm apiverve-worldtimePyPI APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/worldtime

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/worldtime with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Ruby

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/worldtime")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

Resources

Also published for

@apiverve/worldtimenpm apiverve-worldtimePyPI APIVerve.API.WorldTimeNuGet

Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.

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World Time API GET

Try it — live request, no key required

About the World Time API

What people use it for

Ways to call it

Other ways to use World Time

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/worldtime

Required

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/worldtime

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Python — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Go — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/worldtime

Resources

Also published for

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/worldtime

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