About What time is it?

The site

Quelle heure il est ? (“What time is it?”) answers everyday questions about time: the exact time, here and in thousands of cities, time differences throughout the year, the dates of clock changes, and when to call someone or set up a meeting.

It started in French, for readers in France, its overseas territories, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec and Africa. This English version covers over 2,000 cities around the world, with the same tools and the same calculations.

Who publishes it

The site is published by Les Pins des Sables. Legal information is in the legal notice.

The site is free, with no account to create. No data is sold; audience measurement only works with your consent (privacy policy).

Our principles

• A single source for times: the official time zone database (IANA), checked every day, the one used by phones and computers. When a country changes its rules, every page concerned reflects it as soon as the database is updated.
• No figure written by hand. Time differences, sun times and dates are worked out every time a page is displayed: they never go out of date.
• Truly exact time: your device’s clock error is measured and corrected, with its margin of uncertainty.
• Sources cited for every change of rules in a country, and a published methodology.

Corrections

Spotted a mistake, a misplaced city or a wrong name? Write to us: every report is checked and corrected.