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javascriptjsondatetimetime

Does anyone know of a good JSON time server?

I need to obtain current time (from a credible source) using JSON. Precise time is mission-critical in my application so I cannot rely on the time of the device, even if it is only a second or two off.

EDIT: I am not as worried about 'precision' rather just so that several devices running the app have the same time.

Solution 
  • function getTime(zone, success) {
    var url = 'http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json?tz=' + zone,
        ud = 'json' + (+new Date());
    window[ud]= function(o){
        success && success(new Date(o.datetime));
    };
    document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild((function(){
        var s = document.createElement('script');
        s.type = 'text/javascript';
        s.src = url + '&callback=' + ud;
        return s;
    })());
}

getTime('GMT', function(time){
    // This is where you do whatever you want with the time:
    alert(time);
});

    from here