Free Time Zone API

Time Zone API

You can easily integrate local time into your personal and commercial website and application by using our free time zone API.

Our time zone API provides you with the local time, UTC offset, daylight savings and time zone details. It is available in JSON format and easily accessible through a simple API request over a secure HTTPS connection.

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Time Zone API Request

The base URL for our time zone API is

https://www.amdoren.com/api/timezone.php

Request Parameters

All the API request parameters are required.

Parameter	Description
api_key	Your assigned API key.
loc	Location for which you would like to retrieve the time zone details.

Check available locations:

You can also retrieve all the available locations using the get locations API.

Location can be specified as:
- City eg "New York"
- Country, City eg "USA, New York"
- Country, State, City eg "USA, New York, Bronx"

Example:
To retrieve the time zone for New York:

https://www.amdoren.com/api/timezone.php?api_key=IBZzdLmM2yCYaXjgTZ6x&loc=New+York

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Sample PHP snippet on how to use our time zone API

Time Zone API Response

Element	Description
error	Error code. Value greater than zero indicates an error. See list below.
error_message	Short decription of the error. See list below.
time	Local date & time in the format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.
timezone	Name of time zone.
offset	UTC offset in minutes.
daylight_savings	"In daylight savings" or "No daylight savings".

Example:
JSON data returned from our time zone API request:

{ "error" : 0, "error_message" : "-", "time" : "2016-11-04 23:18:46", "timezone" : "Eastern Standard Time", "offset" : -240, "daylight_savings" : "In daylight savings" }

Get Locations API Request

The base URL to retrieve all the available locations is

https://www.amdoren.com/api/locations.php