How to use Time.is
Save time by investing a few minutes in learning how to use Time.is more efficiently!
Keyboard shortcuts
| F | Toggle fullscreen |
| shift D | Toggle dark theme |
| shift Z | Cycle through clock sizes |
| shift S | Toggle sound |
| shift M | Toggle menu |
| . | Toggle seconds, tenths and milliseconds |
| shift T | Go to time zone converter |
| shift C | Go to calendar |
| shift O | Go to options |
| shift U | Go to time.is/UTC |
| $ | Go to Currency World (currency converter) |
| ? | Go to this page |
| home | When at the top of the page: Go to the Time.is home page |
| 1 - 9 | Go to favorite location 1-9 |
| esc | Exit fullscreen, search, or menu |
| / | Go to the search box. You can also start a search by pressing any letter except F. |
Shortcuts for touch screen and mouse
- Press the date below the clock to open the calendar.
- Press the left side of the clock to toggle fullscreen.
- Press the right side of the clock to toggle seconds, tenths and milliseconds. (This function must be enabled in the configuration.)
URLs for specific locations
URLs on Time.is are simple. To see what time it is in London, just go to time.is/London.
- If there is more than one location with the same name, the URL for the smaller location will include country or region name.
Example: The URL for Melbourne, Australia is simply time.is/Melbourne, while Melbourne, Florida has the URL time.is/Melbourne,_Florida. - You can use two-letter abbreviations for states in the United States.
Example: time.is/CA redirects to time.is/California. - Countries can be addressed by top-level domain names.
Example: If you type time.is/.us, you will be redirected to time.is/United_States. - You can use underscores or spaces in URLs. The URLs are case insensitive.
Example: If you go to time.is/new york, you will be redirected to time.is/New_York. - URLs use English names of locations and time zones.
Time zone URLs
To see what time it is in a specific time zone, use the time zone abbreviation.
Example: The URL for Pacific Time is time.is/PT.
Example: The URL for Pacific Time is time.is/PT.
- Some time zone abbreviations are ambiguous. In these cases the most popular time zone is addressed by the abbreviation, while others have the time zone name spelled out in the URL.
Example: The URL for India Standard Time is time.is/IST, while Israel Time is found at time.is/Israel_Time. - You can also type the full name into the URL instead of using the abbreviation.
Example: If you go to time.is/Greenwich Mean Time, you will be redirected to time.is/GMT.
Customization of Time.is
You can change language, time format, date format and other useful options on the configuration page.