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api-ninjas-com World Time API

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

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GET /v1/worldtime Get the current date and time #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas World Time API
  description: 'Combined OpenAPI specification for every API Ninjas endpoint. Requests go to https://api.api-ninjas.com with an `X-Api-Key` header; get a free key at https://api-ninjas.com/register. Human-readable docs: https://api-ninjas.com/api. Index for LLMs: https://api-ninjas.com/llms.txt.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Ninjas
    url: https://api-ninjas.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.api-ninjas.com
  description: API Ninjas Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: World Time
  description: The World Time API provides the current date and time for any city, latitude/longitude coordinates or timezone in the world.
paths:
  /v1/worldtime:
    get:
      summary: Get the current date and time
      description: Get the current date and time by city/state/country, location coordinates (latitude/longitude), or timezone.
      operationId: getWorldTime
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_lat'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_lon'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_city'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_state'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_country'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorldTimeOpenapi_timezone'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorldTimeResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorldTimeOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorldTimeOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorldTimeOpenapi_ErrorResponse'
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      tags:
      - World Time
components:
  schemas:
    WorldTimeOpenapi_ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    WorldTimeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        timezone:
          type: string
          example: Europe/London
        datetime:
          type: string
          example: '2022-09-18 19:16:43'
        date:
          type: string
          example: '2022-09-18'
        year:
          type: string
          example: '2022'
        month:
          type: string
          example: 09
        day:
          type: string
          example: '18'
        hour:
          type: string
          example: '19'
        minute:
          type: string
          example: '16'
        second:
          type: string
          example: '43'
        day_of_week:
          type: string
          example: Sunday
        utc_offset:
          type: string
          description: Offset from UTC currently in effect at the location, formatted as +HH:MM or -HH:MM.
          example: +01:00
        utc_datetime:
          type: string
          description: The same instant expressed in UTC, in ISO 8601 format.
          example: '2022-09-18T18:16:43+00:00'
        unixtime:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix epoch timestamp in seconds.
          example: 1663528603
        abbreviation:
          type: string
          description: Timezone abbreviation currently in effect (for example BST or EST).
          example: BST
        dst:
          type: boolean
          description: true if daylight saving time is currently in effect at the location.
          example: true
        day_of_year:
          type: integer
          description: Day of the year as an integer between 1 and 366.
          example: 261
        week_number:
          type: integer
          description: ISO 8601 week number.
          example: 37
        business_day_result:
          type: object
          description: Returned when add_business_days is set. Premium only.
          properties:
            start_date:
              type: string
              example: '2026-12-24'
            business_days_added:
              type: integer
              example: 3
            result_date:
              type: string
              example: '2026-12-31'
            result_day_of_week:
              type: string
              example: Thursday
            skipped_weekend_days:
              type: integer
              example: 2
            skipped_holidays:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  date:
                    type: string
                    example: '2026-12-25'
                  name:
                    type: string
                    example: Christmas Day
        business_days_between:
          type: object
          description: Returned when business_days_between is set. Premium only.
          properties:
            start_date:
              type: string
              example: '2026-12-20'
            end_date:
              type: string
              example: '2027-01-05'
            business_days:
              type: integer
              example: 8
            weekend_days:
              type: integer
              example: 5
            holidays:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  date:
                    type: string
                    example: '2026-12-25'
                  name:
                    type: string
                    example: Christmas Day
              description: Holidays that fell in the range.
        business_hours:
          type: object
          description: Returned when business_hours is set. Premium only.
          properties:
            is_open:
              type: boolean
              example: true
            reason:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              example: null
            opens:
              type: string
              example: 09:00
            closes:
              type: string
              example: '17:00'
            next_open:
              type: string
              example: '2026-12-29 09:00:00'
            next_close:
              type: string
              example: '2026-12-24 17:00:00'
        dst_transitions:
          type: array
          description: The next daylight-saving transitions for the location. Returned when at is set. Premium only.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              transition_utc:
                type: string
                example: '2027-03-28T01:00:00+00:00'
              utc_offset:
                type: string
                example: +01:00
              dst:
                type: boolean
                example: true
              abbreviation:
                type: string
                example: BST
  parameters:
    WorldTimeOpenapi_city:
      name: city
      in: query
      required: false
      description: City name. Premium subscribers only.
      schema:
        type: string
    WorldTimeOpenapi_country:
      name: country
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Country name. Premium subscribers only.
      schema:
        type: string
    WorldTimeOpenapi_lat:
      name: lat
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Latitude of desired location. Premium subscribers only.
      schema:
        type: string
    WorldTimeOpenapi_timezone:
      name: timezone
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Timezone name (e.g. Europe/London).
      schema:
        type: string
    WorldTimeOpenapi_lon:
      name: lon
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Longitude of desired location. Premium subscribers only.
      schema:
        type: string
    WorldTimeOpenapi_state:
      name: state
      in: query
      required: false
      description: US state (for United States cities only). Premium subscribers only.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api