About Time.is
On Time.is you can:
- Find out what the exact time is right now at any of 7 million locations around the world
- Check the accuracy of your clock
- Compare time at different locations
You will also find:
- Calendar
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Information about which time zone a location belongs to
- Information about today's holidays and observances
- Latitudes and longitudes
- Integrated, full screen Google Maps
- Population numbers
- Key information about every country in the world
Time.is is friendly to mobile devices. It uses minimal bandwidth and the design is adapted to small screens.
Precision - synchronized with atomic clock time
Time.is is synchronized with an atomic clock - the most accurate time source in the world. The displayed time will normally have a precision of 0.02-0.10 seconds. The precision depends on your internet connection and how busy your computer is.
What makes Time.is exact
- Time.is displays the time for your detected (or chosen) location, not the time according to your computer's clock.
- The server which hosts Time.is is synchronized to atomic clock time.
- Time.is adjusts to DST (Daylight Saving Time) even if your computer clock doesn't.
- Time.is is always updated with the latest information about DST transitions and time zone modifications.
- The displayed time is not just updated once a second, but at the beginning of every second. Many web clocks, and even the clock of some operating systems, will update the seconds at an arbitrary time within the second, and will drift when the computer is busy, causing jumps of two seconds when the drift has accumulated to a second.
- If you adjust your computer clock, Time.is will issue a resynchronization.
- Time.is is hosted on a modern, quick, dedicated server, which delivers the requested page in minimum time.
- The code for Time.is is trimmed and light-weight, thus eliminating latency caused by the time it takes for the page to load and render.
- Synchronization via Ajax ensures maximum accuracy.
Disclaimer
Time.is aims to be the most accurate, the most reliable and the most user-friendly source of time and time related information on the web. Although we do our best to provide correct information, no warranty is given, and any use of information provided by Time.is is at your own risk. Population numbers may not be recent. If you find any errors, please notify us!
Thanks to
- Geonames.org for their database of more than 7 million location names
- All maintainers of and contributors to the IANA Time Zone Database (especially Arthur David Olson, Paul Eggert and Derick Rethans)
- Ayşegül Ataman for Turkish translation
- Hans Lemuet for French translation
- José Oliveira for Portuguese translation
- Peni Popov (CERTomaz) for Bulgarian translation
- Sander Meijer and Sietse Brouwer for Dutch translation
- Simonny Soares for Brazilian Portuguese translation
- 陈式坚 (xmsz) for Simplified Chinese translation
- Kujtim Gacaferri for Albanian translation
- Antonio Dei Giudici (Artimediali Web Agency) for Italian translation
- Ali AlOhali for Arabic translation
- Leandro Ardissone for Spanish translation
- Vassilis Pitsounis for Greek translation
- Sergey Lukyanov for Russian translation
- Levon Sahakyan for Armenian translation
- Predrag Pale for Croatian translation
- Jan Nikolajsen for Danish translation
- Ondřej Caletka for Czech translation
- Vanco Stojkov for Macedonian translation
- Kemas Antonius for Indonesian translation
- Florian Plag for German translation
- Joop Kiefte (LaPingvino) for Esperanto translation
- Tudor Vedeanu for Romanian translation
- Paulius Andriekus for Lithuanian translation
- Piotr Tomkiewicz for Polish translation
- Matthías Páll Gissurarson for Icelandic translation
- Filipen for Swedish translation
- Mihkel Tõnnov for Estonian translation
- Kārlis for Latvian translation
- Aleksandar Salapura for Serbian translation
- Aliaksei Kwiatkowski for Belarusian translation
- Parviz Alizada for Azerbaijani translation
- Joó Benjamin for Hungarian translation
- UA2004 for Ukrainian translation
- Heikki Lindroosille and Olli for Finnish translation
- Ilia Natckebia for Georgian translation
- Arnau Torné for Catalan translation
- Harshit Kr for Hindi translation
- YOU for using Time.is!
Time.is was created by Even Scharning / Netburn Web Solutions.
Time Zone Database
Time.is relies on time zone data from the IANA Time Zone Database. We always strive to keep Time.is updated with the latest version of the IANA Time Zone Database. When the IANA Time Zone Database has not caught up with the latest time zone developments, we apply our own temporary patches.
Time.is is currently using version 2016c of the IANA Time Zone Database (patched for Chile, Astrakhan, Ulyanovsk, Altai Krai, Altai Republic and Transbaikalia). Last update: 2016-03-28
