APIs/Timezone

Timezone API

GET /timezone/{timezone}

Pass America/New_York or UTC and get the offset, abbreviation, whether daylight saving is active, a readable name, and the next clock change. Add ?at= to check any moment, not just now.

418
IANA zones: 128
observe DST: 25h
UTC-11 to +14: IANA
standard

Try it

$ curl "https://api.parseapi.com/timezone/America%2FNew_York" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

// 200 · ~44ms · USA
{
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "name": "Eastern Time",
  "abbreviation": "EDT",
  "offset": "-04:00",
  "offset_minutes": -240,
  "dst": true,
  "next_dst": {
    "at": "2026-11-01T06:00:00.000Z",
    "dst": false,
    "offset": "-05:00",
    "abbreviation": "EST"
  }
}

Response fields

timezone: IANA timezone id
name: Friendly / generic name (e.g. Eastern Time)
abbreviation: Short zone name (EDT, EST, …)
offset: UTC offset as ±HH:MM
offset_minutes: UTC offset in minutes
dst: Whether daylight saving is in effect at the reference time
next_dst: Next offset transition after the reference time, or null

SPEED

Fast from everywhere.

Median time for a /timezone response to reach a real city, first byte back, measured live from 16 cities. Not a lab benchmark. The whole trip.

44ms

49ms

APAC

66ms

LatAm

78ms

130ms

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