World Time API

The World Time API provides the current date and time for any city, latitude/longitude coordinates or timezone in the world.

/v1/worldtime

HTTP GET

Get the current date and time by city/state/country, location coordinates (latitude/longitude), or timezone.

Parameters

lat (required) - latitude of desired location.

lon (required) - longitude of desired location.

— or —

city (required) - city name.

state (optional) - US state name or 2-letter abbreviation (for United States cities only).

country (optional) - country name or 2-letter country code.

— or —

timezone (required) - timezone of desired location (e.g. Europe/London).

Headers

X-Api-Key (required) - API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request URL

Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city=

Sample Response

{
  "timezone": "Europe/London",
  "datetime": "2022-09-18 19:16:43",
  "date": "2022-09-18",
  "year": "2022",
  "month": "09",
  "day": "18",
  "hour": "19",
  "minute": "16",
  "second": "43",
  "day_of_week": "Sunday"
}

import requests
city = 'london'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city={}'.format(city)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    print(response.text)
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
var city = 'london'
$.ajax({
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city=' + city,
    headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
    contentType: 'application/json',
    success: function(result) {
        console.log(result);
    },
    error: function ajaxError(jqXHR) {
        console.error('Error: ', jqXHR.responseText);
    }
});
const request = require('request');
var city = 'london';
request.get({
  url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city=' + city,
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if(error) return console.error('Request failed:', error);
  else if(response.statusCode != 200) return console.error('Error:', response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  else console.log(body)
});
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

URL url = new URL("https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city=london");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("accept", "application/json");
InputStream responseStream = connection.getInputStream();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(responseStream);
System.out.println(root.path("fact").asText());
let city = "london".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
let url = URL(string: "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/worldtime?city="+city!)!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in
    guard let data = data else { return }
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.