Google Maps Timezone & Local Time Lookup

Find the IANA timezone and the current local time for any Google Maps place, address, Place ID or latitude/longitude pair. Submit one item or a batch and get a clean record per match: timezone name, local wall-clock time, UTC time, current UTC offset, weekday, Unix timestamp and daylight-saving detail, plus the matched place and a Google Maps link.

No Google API key, browser, login or cookie is required.

What you can look up

Mode	What you provide	What Google Maps resolves
Coordinates	One {lat, lng} pair or a batch of pairs	The nearest address or named place at that point and its timezone
Place or address	An address, landmark, business name or postcode	The best matching place, its address, coordinates and timezone
Place ID	A Google Place ID (starts with ChIJ) or a full Google Maps place URL	The exact place and its timezone
Mixed batch	Any combination of the three lists	Every filled list in one run

When mode is omitted, every filled list is processed, so old coordinate-only tasks keep working unchanged.

Inputs

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	–	coordinates, place, placeId or mixed
location	object	–	One coordinate: {"lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.006}
locations	array	–	A batch of {lat, lng} coordinates
address	string	–	One address, landmark, business name or postcode
addresses	array	–	A batch of addresses or place names
placeId	string	–	One Google Place ID or Maps place URL
placeIds	array	–	A batch of Place IDs or Maps URLs
language	select	en	Language for returned place names and addresses (35 options)
country	select	–	Optional country bias for ambiguous place/address searches

Latitude must be within [-90, 90] and longitude within [-180, 180]. The keys latitude/longitude/lon are accepted as synonyms for lat/lng. Duplicate coordinates, addresses and Place IDs are removed before lookup; blank values are skipped and invalid coordinates or Place IDs are reported in the run status.

Daily prefill

The default run resolves one New York coordinate and returns one record, which keeps the daily platform test cheap.

Output fields

Field	Description
recordType	Always timezone
mode	coordinates, place or placeId
inputLocation / inputAddress / inputPlaceId	The exact input that produced the row
placeName	Matched Google Maps place name
formattedAddress	Matched formatted address
location	Resolved {lat, lng}
placeId	Google Place ID, when Google returns one
featureId	Google feature identifier, when available
countryCode	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, when available
categories	Google Maps place categories, when available
timezone	IANA timezone identifier, e.g. America/New_York
timezoneAbbreviation	Current short code, e.g. EST, EDT, JST, +0545
utcOffset	Current offset formatted as +HH:MM / -HH:MM
utcOffsetSeconds	Current offset in seconds
currentLocalTime	Current wall-clock time at the place, ISO 8601 with offset
currentUtcTime	Current UTC time, ISO 8601
dayOfWeek	Local weekday name
unixTimestamp	Unix timestamp in seconds
isDaylightSavingTime	true while daylight saving is in effect
daylightSavings	inEffect, observed, next transition, standard/DST offsets and the current DST interval when applicable
distanceMeters	For coordinates, distance from your point to the matched place
googleMapsUrl	Google Maps place link
sourceUrl	A Google Maps link for the matched place or search
language	Language used for returned names
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp of the lookup

Fields the source does not provide for a particular item are left out of that record. No field is ever filled with null, an empty string or a guessed value.

Examples

One coordinate

{
  "mode": "coordinates",
  "location": {"lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.006}
}

A worldwide coordinate batch

{
  "mode": "coordinates",
  "locations": [
    {"lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.006},
    {"lat": 51.5074, "lng": -0.1278},
    {"lat": 35.6762, "lng": 139.6503},
    {"lat": -33.8688, "lng": 151.2093}
  ]
}

Addresses

{
  "mode": "place",
  "addresses": [
    "Eiffel Tower, Paris",
    "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
    "Tokyo Station"
  ]
}

Place IDs or Maps URLs

{
  "mode": "placeId",
  "placeIds": [
    "ChIJrbS_8-Fv5kcRzSjPvnUT03s",
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJmQJIxlVYwokRLgeuocVOGVU"
  ]
}

Mixed batch

{
  "addresses": ["Burj Khalifa, Dubai"],
  "locations": [{"lat": 48.8584, "lng": 2.2945}],
  "placeIds": ["ChIJmQJIxlVYwokRLgeuocVOGVU"]
}

Use cases

• Normalise business hours — convert local opening hours from a places dataset into UTC ranges
• Schedule across regions — send notifications only during local business hours
• Enrich geocoded data — attach a timezone and current local time to addresses or coordinates
• Travel and logistics — check the local time and DST state at a destination before planning a call or delivery
• Audit and compliance — stamp events with the correct local time and DST flag for the location where they happened

FAQ

Does this need a Google Maps API key? No. It reads Google Maps' public place and timezone information, so there is no key, login or cookie to configure.

Why is the timezone sometimes a different city from the coordinate? Google Maps resolves the nearest place that belongs to a timezone. Near a border the nearest address can sit on the other side, and Google's own boundary data decides the zone. The actor reports Google's answer and does not infer a zone from longitude.

Why do some coordinates return no record? Points in the open ocean or in unclaimed areas may not resolve to a place with a timezone. Those inputs are named in the run status instead of receiving a guessed zone.

How is the local time calculated? Google Maps supplies the IANA timezone identifier. The current local time, offset and daylight-saving state are then calculated from the bundled IANA timezone database at lookup time.

Are fractional offsets supported? Yes. Nepal (+05:45), Chatham Islands (+12:45), Newfoundland (-03:30) and other fractional zones are preserved exactly.

Does DST work in both hemispheres? Yes. Southern-hemisphere zones such as Australia/Sydney and Pacific/Chatham report DST correctly, including their opposite-season transition dates.

Can I resolve a large batch? Yes. Lists accept many items and are processed concurrently. For very large batches, start with a small sample to confirm the output shape fits your pipeline.

Does this return the country or address of a coordinate? Yes, when Google Maps resolves one. The matched place name, formatted address, coordinates and country code are included alongside the timezone fields.

Is this affiliated with Google? No. This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Limits

• A timezone requires a resolved place. Open-ocean and unmapped coordinates can return no timezone.
• Timezone boundaries follow Google Maps' own place data; this actor does not maintain a separate boundary map.
• Google Maps place names and addresses follow the selected language, while the timezone identifier is always IANA English.