Coordinated Universal Time · no daylight saving, ever
22:35:16
10:35:16 PM
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2026-08-12
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Wednesday
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week 33
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day 224
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The current UTC time, in every format a program can ask for — each one a single click to copy. No signup, no ads above the fold, and a free JSON API serving the same values.
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ISO 8601
The default for APIs and logs
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2026-08-12T22:35:16Z | ||
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ISO 8601 with milliseconds
Sub-second precision, still ISO 8601
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2026-08-12T22:35:16.676Z | ||
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RFC 3339
ISO 8601 profile used by JSON APIs; +00:00 instead of Z
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2026-08-12T22:35:16+00:00 | ||
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RFC 2822
Email Date: header
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:35:16 +0000 | ||
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RFC 1123 / HTTP date
HTTP Date:, Expires:, Last-Modified:
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:35:16 GMT | ||
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RFC 850
Legacy HTTP/1.0 date, two-digit year
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Wednesday, 12-Aug-26 22:35:16 GMT | ||
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Unix timestamp (seconds)
Seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1786574116 | ||
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Unix timestamp (milliseconds)
JavaScript Date.now()
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1786574116676 | ||
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ATOM / W3C-DTF
Atom and RSS feeds, W3C date-time
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2026-08-12T22:35:16+00:00 | ||
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Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Calendar date only
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2026-08-12 | ||
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Time (24-hour)
Clock time only
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22:35:16 | ||
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Time (12-hour)
Clock time with AM/PM
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10:35:16 PM | ||
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ISO 8601 basic
No separators; filenames and IDs
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20260812T223516Z | ||
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ISO week date
Year-week-weekday
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2026-W33-3 | ||
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Human readable
For prose and UI
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Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 22:35:16 UTC | ||
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Custom format
strftime syntax — %Y %m %d %H %M %S %j %A %B %Z
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2026-08-12 22:35:16 |
Pinned zones press / to add one · defaults come from your browser
UTC
22:35
New York
18:35
London
23:35
Tokyo
07:35
Kolkata
04:05
With JavaScript on, the first card becomes your own timezone as detected by Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Get UTC now in your language 14 languages · copy and paste
Python
from datetime import datetime, timezone
now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
print(now.isoformat()) # 2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00
print(int(now.timestamp())) # unix seconds
JavaScript
const now = new Date();
console.log(now.toISOString()); // 2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
console.log(Date.now()); // unix milliseconds
console.log(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)); // unix seconds
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
now := time.Now().UTC()
fmt.Println(now.Format(time.RFC3339)) // 2026-01-01T12:00:00Z
fmt.Println(now.Unix()) // unix seconds
}
Java
import java.time.Instant;
Instant now = Instant.now(); // always UTC
System.out.println(now); // 2026-01-01T12:00:00Z
System.out.println(now.getEpochSecond());
C#
var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
Console.WriteLine(now.ToString("o")); // ISO 8601 round-trip
Console.WriteLine(now.ToUnixTimeSeconds());
Console.WriteLine(now.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds());
Rust
// chrono = "0.4"
use chrono::Utc;
let now = Utc::now();
println!("{}", now.to_rfc3339()); // 2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00
println!("{}", now.timestamp()); // unix seconds
PHP
<?php
$now = new DateTimeImmutable('now', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
echo $now->format(DATE_ATOM), PHP_EOL; // 2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00
echo time(), PHP_EOL; // unix seconds
Ruby
require 'time'
now = Time.now.utc
puts now.iso8601 # 2026-01-01T12:00:00Z
puts now.to_i # unix seconds
SQL — PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AS utc_now,
to_char(now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC',
'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS"Z"') AS iso8601,
extract(epoch FROM now())::bigint AS unix_seconds;
SQL — MySQL
SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP() AS utc_now,
DATE_FORMAT(UTC_TIMESTAMP(),
'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%sZ') AS iso8601,
UNIX_TIMESTAMP() AS unix_seconds;
Bash
date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" # ISO 8601 UTC
date -u +%s # unix seconds
date -u --iso-8601=seconds # GNU coreutils
PowerShell
(Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString('o') # ISO 8601
[DateTimeOffset]::UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds() # unix seconds
[DateTimeOffset]::UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds()
Swift
import Foundation
let now = Date()
let iso = ISO8601DateFormatter().string(from: now)
print(iso) // 2026-01-01T12:00:00Z
print(Int(now.timeIntervalSince1970)) // unix seconds
Kotlin
import java.time.Instant
val now = Instant.now() // always UTC
println(now) // 2026-01-01T12:00:00Z
println(now.epochSecond)
The same values as JSON keyless · CORS open · no rate-limit surprises
GET /api/nowdocs
{
"utc_iso": "2026-08-12T22:35:16Z",
"utc_rfc3339": "2026-08-12T22:35:16+00:00",
"unix": 1786574116,
"unix_ms": 1786574116676,
"day_of_week": 3,
"week_number": 33
}
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Questions people actually ask
What is UTC?
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the time standard the world sets its clocks by. It is kept within 0.9 seconds of mean solar time at 0° longitude by atomic clocks, and unlike a timezone it never shifts for daylight saving. Every offset you see written as UTC+5:30 or UTC-8 is stated relative to it.
Is UTC the same as GMT?
For everyday purposes yes — both are UTC+0 and they agree to within a second. Formally they differ: GMT is a timezone based on the Earth's rotation, UTC is an atomic time standard with leap seconds inserted to keep the two aligned. Software should use UTC; GMT survives mostly in HTTP headers and British usage.
What is the current UTC time in ISO 8601?
Right now it is 2026-08-12T22:35:16Z. The trailing Z means "zero offset from UTC" and is pronounced Zulu. Copy it with the button on the ISO 8601 row, or press the c key.
What is the current Unix timestamp?
1786574116 seconds, or 1786574116676 milliseconds, since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. The seconds form is what most APIs and databases mean by "timestamp"; JavaScript's Date.now() returns the milliseconds form.
Why does this page say my clock is wrong?
The skew badge compares your device clock against this server's clock, correcting for half the round-trip time of the request. A drift of a second or two is normal. Anything beyond about 30 seconds will break TLS certificate checks, TOTP two-factor codes and signed API requests, and is worth fixing by enabling automatic network time on your device.
How do I get the current UTC time in code?
Use your language's UTC-aware clock rather than the local clock plus an offset: datetime.now(timezone.utc) in Python, new Date().toISOString() in JavaScript, time.Now().UTC() in Go, Instant.now() in Java. Copy-paste versions for fourteen languages are in the snippets section below, and the /api/now endpoint returns the same values as JSON with no API key.
Does this clock keep working if I leave the tab open?
Yes. The clock ticks locally and re-synchronises with the server when the tab regains focus, so a laptop that has been asleep corrects itself instead of silently drifting.