Return the current time in many formats

GEThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/timeSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Parameters 1

Name	Type	Description
`tz`	query · string	Optional time zone, as an IANA id (Asia/Kolkata) or a Windows id (India Standard Time). Default UTC.

Responses

200: Success.
400: Unknown time zone.

Example

Request

curl -X GET "https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia/Kolkata" \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response200 OK

{
  "utc": "2026-09-30T18:26:37.784Z",
  "unix": 1790792797,
  "unixMs": 1790792797784,
  "rfc1123": "Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:26:37 GMT",
  "timeZone": {
    "id": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "displayName": "(UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi",
    "offset": "+05:30",
    "isDaylightSaving": false
  },
  "local": "2026-09-30T23:56:37.784+05:30",
  "date": "2026-09-30",
  "time": "23:56:37",
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curl 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata", {
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata", {
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const body: string = await res.text();
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata",
    headers={
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .GET()
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

GEThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/utils/time?tz=Asia%2FKolkata

Query

tzstring