How To Get The Real Utc Timestamp (client Independent)?

Is there a way to get the real current UTC timestamp without being dependent on the client's time which might not be set correctly on every client? I know with JavaScript's getTime

Solution 1:

Get this JSON:

http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json

Or

http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now

Also you can get it from your own server if you have one.

For an example of the first one (with interval):

HTML:

<div id="time">Click the button</div>
<button id="gettime">Get the time</button>

JAVASCRIPT (With JQuery):

$("#gettime").click(function() {
setInterval(ajaxCalltoGetTime, 1000);
});


functionajaxCalltoGetTime() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
    url: 'http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json',
    dataType: 'jsonp'
})
.done(function( msg ) {
    $("#time").html(msg.hour + ":" + msg.minute + ":" + msg.second );
});

JSFiddler: http://jsfiddle.net/op8xdsrv/

Solution 2:

You can trust your server's clock*. Just send the current UNIX timestamp from the server to the client. Then can use in JavaScript Date(value) constructor.

<script>var serverTime = newDate(<? php echo time(); ?> * 1000);
console.log(
    serverTime.getUTCFullYear(), 
    serverTime.getUTCMonth() + 1, 
    serverTime.getUTCDate(), 
    serverTime.getUTCHours(), 
    serverTime.getUTCMinutes(), 
    serverTime.getUTCSeconds()
);
// use this time to seed your JavaScript clock</script>

* Generally speaking, servers periodically synchronize their time with a time provider.

Solution 3:

you can use timeanddate api to get date and time without dependending on client machine or your server in php. Then send it to javascript.