Free Current Time API
No API key. No signup. CORS enabled. Just GET.
Endpoint
GET https://timeis.today/api/time
Parameters
city | City slug from this site, e.g. tokyo, new-york |
q | City name to search, e.g. q=new+york (best match wins) |
tz | Any 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.