Convert Time endpoint
The convert_time endpoint makes it easy to convert the time and date of a given location to the time and date of another location. By default it converts the current time, but the conversion can take place in either the past or future with a simple parameter.
Getting started
Base URL
Validation endpoint
This was a successful request, and returns both datetime and timezone data for the base location (Los Angeles) and the target location (Oxford).
Request parameters
Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Abstract’s APIs, so your Time, Date, and Timezone API key will not work for your User Avatar API, for example.
The location you use as a base to convert the datetime for. This parameter accepts the location as a string (e.g., Los Angeles, CA), a longitude and latitude (e.g., -31.4173391,-64.183319) , or an IP address (e.g., 82.111.111.111)
The location you want to get the datetime for. This parameter accepts the location as a string (e.g., Los Angeles, CA), a longitude and latitude (e.g., -31.4173391,-64.183319) , or an IP address (e.g., 82.111.111.111)
The current datetime you’re converting.
Response parameters
The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.
The JSON Object containing the time and timezone details of the base location from the request.
The JSON Object containing the time and timezone details of the target location from the request.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. The location from the request.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. Decimal of the longitude found for the requested_location.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. Decimal of the latitude found for the requested_location.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. The current date and time of the requested_location.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. Timezone’s name from the IANA Time Zone Database.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. Timezone’s abbreviation, also from the IANA Time Zone Database.
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. Timezone’s offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Present in both in the base_location and target_location objects. True if the location is currently in Daylight Savings Time (DST).