Google Maps Timezone & Local Time Lookup

Resolve the IANA timezone, current local time, UTC offset, and daylight-saving status for any latitude/longitude on Earth. Designed to complement other Google Maps actors when you need to normalise business hours, schedule notifications across regions, or enrich geocoded data with timezone context.

What you get

For each input coordinate, the actor returns one record with:

• inputLocation — the original {lat, lng} you provided
• timezone — IANA zone name (e.g. America/New_York, Asia/Tokyo, Australia/Sydney)
• timezoneAbbreviation — short code when DST is in effect (e.g. EDT, BST)
• utcOffset — current offset formatted as +HH:MM / -HH:MM
• utcOffsetSeconds — current offset in seconds (positive east of UTC)
• currentLocalTime — wall-clock time at the coordinate, ISO 8601 (second resolution)
• currentUtcTime — equivalent UTC time, ISO 8601 with Z
• isDaylightSavingTime — true when DST is currently active
• daylightSavings — { inEffect, observed, nextTransition, standardUtcOffset, ... }
• scrapedAt — UTC timestamp of when the lookup was performed

Empty/null fields are omitted automatically.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
location	object {lat, lng}	Conditional	A single coordinate. Provide this OR locations.
locations	array of {lat, lng}	Conditional	Multiple coordinates resolved in one run.
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Optional	Usually not needed; the lookup works fine from datacenter IPs.

At least one of location or locations must be provided. Latitude must be in [-90, 90] and longitude in [-180, 180]. Synonyms latitude / longitude / lon are also accepted.

Example input

{
  "locations": [
    {"lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.0060},
    {"lat": 51.5074, "lng": -0.1278},
    {"lat": 35.6762, "lng": 139.6503},
    {"lat": -33.8688, "lng": 151.2093}
  ]
}

Example output

{
  "inputLocation": {"lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.006},
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "timezoneAbbreviation": "EDT",
  "utcOffset": "-04:00",
  "utcOffsetSeconds": -14400,
  "currentLocalTime": "2026-06-16T07:45:30",
  "currentUtcTime": "2026-06-16T11:45:30Z",
  "isDaylightSavingTime": true,
  "daylightSavings": {
    "inEffect": true,
    "observed": true,
    "nextTransition": "2026-11-01T06:00:00Z",
    "dstName": "EDT",
    "standardUtcOffset": "-05:00",
    "standardUtcOffsetSeconds": -18000
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T11:45:31.124+00:00"
}

Use cases

• Normalise business hours — combine with a places scraper to convert "9 AM - 5 PM" into UTC ranges.
• Schedule outreach — only send notifications during local business hours per recipient.
• Compliance & reporting — stamp events with the correct local time and DST flag.
• Travel apps — show local time at a destination given lat/lng.

FAQ

Does this require a Google Maps API key? No. The actor uses the free public timeapi.io service to map coordinates to IANA zones — no API key, no quota, no login.

Do I need a proxy? No. The lookup works directly from Apify datacenter IPs. A proxyConfiguration input exists for environments where outbound HTTP from datacenter IPs is restricted.

How accurate is the timezone for borders / disputed regions? timeapi.io is backed by the IANA tz database, the same database used by every major operating system and programming language. It correctly handles fractional offsets (India +05:30, Nepal +05:45, Newfoundland -03:30) and current DST rules.

What happens with invalid coordinates? Out-of-range or non-numeric inputs are rejected with a clear error before any network calls are made.

Can I resolve thousands of coordinates? Yes. Each lookup is a single HTTP request. The actor paces requests politely and retries transient failures, so very large batches complete reliably.

Limits & notes

• Country / countryCode fields are not included in the output because timeapi.io does not return them. Pair this actor with the google-maps-geocoding actor when you need country context for the same coordinate.
• timezoneAbbreviation is only populated when daylight-saving time is currently in effect (the underlying API only exposes the DST abbreviation).

🗺️ Complete Google Maps Scraper Suite

This actor is part of a comprehensive Google Maps data extraction toolkit by crawlerbros. All actors run on the free Apify plan, use no proxy by default, and return clean, structured data.

Actor	What it does
🏢 Google Maps Business Scraper	Extract business data — name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, hours, amenities
⭐ Google Maps Reviews Scraper	Scrape reviews with reviewer Local Guide level, photos, mentioned items, owner replies
📸 Google Maps Photos Scraper	Extract all photos from any place — max-resolution URLs, contributor info, categories
🕐 Google Maps Business Hours Scraper	Full 7-day hours, timezone, current local time, next open/close, holiday hours
📊 Google Maps Popular Times Scraper	Busy hours histogram for all 7 days + current busyness + typical visit time
📧 Google Maps Email Extractor	Find business emails + social media links by crawling websites
🗺️ Google Maps Area Scanner	Geographic grid scanning — bypass the 120-place limit with bounding box / circle / polygon
💼 Google Maps Leads Scraper	B2B lead generation with email + phone enrichment, US states + global countries
🤖 Google Maps MCP Server	Unified MCP server combining search + reviews for AI assistants
🧭 Google Maps Directions Scraper	A→B routing — distance, duration, traffic, route alternatives for driving/walking/transit
📍 Google Maps Geocoding Scraper	Bidirectional geocoding — address ↔ coordinates, with address components
🔗 Google Maps Similar Places Scraper	"People also search for" / related place discovery — competitor & alternative finder
🍽️ Google Maps Menu Scraper	Restaurant menu items, prices, descriptions, photos
📌 Google Maps Nearby Scraper	Find places near a coordinate point — lightweight POI search by category
📋 Google Maps Place List Scraper	Extract Google's curated "Top X in Y" lists — best hotels/restaurants/things to do