World Time

Get the current time for any location in the world by specifying an IANA timezone identifier. Returns the timezone name, UTC offset, current time, and DST status.

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Overview

Use Cases

  • World clock widgets
  • Scheduling across multiple timezones
  • Travel and meeting planner apps
  • Display local time for remote team members

Features

Full IANA timezone database support (e.g. "America/New_York", "Asia/Tokyo")
UTC offset in standard +HH:MM format
DST detection for the current date
Current time returned in RFC 3339 format

API Endpoints

Get Current Time by Timezone

Returns the current time for the given IANA timezone identifier. The timezone is supplied as a path parameter (e.g. `America/New_York`, `Europe/London`, `UTC`).

GET
https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/places/time/{timezone}

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
timezone string Required IANA timezone identifier (e.g. 'America/New_York', 'Europe/London', 'Asia/Kolkata')

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Request

IANA timezone identifier (e.g. 'America/New_York', 'Europe/London', 'Asia/Kolkata')

Response Fields

Field Type Description
timezone string IANA timezone identifier (e.g. "America/New_York")
offset string UTC offset in +HH:MM or -HH:MM format (e.g. '-05:00', '+05:30')
current_time string Current time in UTC, formatted as RFC 3339 (e.g. "2024-12-15T14:30:00Z")
is_dst boolean Whether the timezone is currently observing daylight saving time

Code Examples

curl "https://api.requiems.xyz/v1/places/time/America/New_York" \
  -H "requiems-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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