Developers
Globendar API
A free, read-only JSON API for world time, time-zone conversion, sun times and geo distance — the same engine that powers this site.
Base URL
/api/v1 Auth
Open by default. When keys are enabled, send
X-API-Key.
Format
JSON · CORS enabled · rate-limited per client.
Machine-readable spec:
/api/v1/openapi.json
· All responses include X-RateLimit-* headers.
GET
/api/v1/time Current (or specified) local time in a place.
| place | required | IANA zone, capital city, or country |
| datetime | optional | ISO instant to evaluate (defaults to now) |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/time?place=Asia/Tokyo GET
/api/v1/convert Convert a wall-clock time from one place to many.
| from | required | source place |
| to | required | comma-separated target places |
| datetime | optional | wall time in `from` (e.g. 2026-06-27T15:00) |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/convert?from=London&to=Asia/Tokyo,America/New_York GET
/api/v1/timezone Time-zone info for a place, or the nearest capital to a coordinate.
| place | either | zone / city / country |
| lat,lng | either | coordinate (approximate → nearest capital) |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/timezone?lat=48.85&lng=2.35 GET
/api/v1/sun Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, day length & subsolar point.
| place | either | zone / city / country |
| lat,lng | either | coordinate |
| tz | optional | zone for local times when using lat/lng |
| date | optional | YYYY-MM-DD (defaults to today) |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/sun?place=Oslo GET
/api/v1/distance Great-circle distance between two points.
| from,to | either | place names |
| from_lat…to_lng | either | raw coordinates |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/distance?from=London&to=Tokyo GET
/api/v1/capitals The capital-city reference dataset.
| search | optional | filter by city/country/ISO2 |
| limit | optional | max results |
curl https://globendar.com/api/v1/capitals?search=tok