Free Current Time API

No API key. No signup. CORS enabled. Just GET.

Endpoint

GET https://timeis.today/api/time

Parameters

cityCity slug from this site, e.g. tokyo, new-york
qCity name to search, e.g. q=new+york (best match wins)
tzAny IANA time zone, e.g. Europe/Paris

With no parameters the API returns current UTC time.

Examples

Current UTC time

curl https://timeis.today/api/time

Time in a city (by slug)

curl https://timeis.today/api/time?city=tokyo

Time in a city (fuzzy search)

curl https://timeis.today/api/time?q=new+york

Time in an IANA time zone

curl https://timeis.today/api/time?tz=Europe/Paris

Response

{
  "city": "Tokyo",
  "country": "JP",
  "timezone": "Asia/Tokyo",
  "abbreviation": "JST",
  "utc_offset": "+09:00",
  "datetime": "2026-10-04T21:15:42",
  "day_of_week": "Sunday",
  "is_dst": false,
  "unix": 1760004942,
  "attribution": "Data from timeis.today — free time API: https://timeis.today/developer"
}

Attribution

Free for any use. If you can, credit timeis.today with a link near your usage — it helps others find the API. Looking for an embeddable clock instead? See the free clock widgets.