Timezone - Get Timezone By Coordinates

Reference

Service:: Maps

API Version:: 1.0

Use to get the current, historical, and future time zone information for the specified latitude-longitude pair.

The Get Timezone By Coordinates API is an HTTP GET request that returns current, historical, and future time zone information for a specified latitude-longitude pair. In addition, the API provides sunset and sunrise times for a given location, with the exception of regions that observe solar days.

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/timezone/byCoordinates/json?api-version=1.0&query={query}

With optional parameters:

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/timezone/byCoordinates/json?api-version=1.0&options={options}&timeStamp={timeStamp}&transitionsFrom={transitionsFrom}&transitionsYears={transitionsYears}&query={query}

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
format	path	True	JsonFormat	Desired format of the response. Only `json` format is supported.
api-version	query	True	string	Version number of Azure Maps API.
query	query	True	number[]	Coordinates of the point for which time zone information is requested. This parameter is a list of coordinates, containing a pair of coordinate(lat, long). When this endpoint is called directly, coordinates are passed in as a single string containing coordinates, separated by commas.
options	query		TimezoneOptions	Alternatively, use alias "o". Options available for types of information returned in the result.
timeStamp	query		string date-time	Alternatively, use alias "stamp", or "s". Reference time, if omitted, the API will use the machine time serving the request.
transitionsFrom	query		string date-time	Alternatively, use alias "tf". The start date from which daylight savings time (DST) transitions are requested, only applies when "options" = all or "options" = transitions.
transitionsYears	query		integer	Alternatively, use alias "ty". The number of years from "transitionsFrom" for which DST transitions are requested, only applies when "options" = all or "options" = transitions.

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
x-ms-client-id		string	Specifies which account is intended for usage in conjunction with the Microsoft Entra ID security model. It represents a unique ID for the Azure Maps account and can be retrieved from the Azure Maps management plane Account API. To use Microsoft Entra ID security in Azure Maps see the following articles for guidance.
Accept-Language		string	Specifies the language code in which the timezone names should be returned. If no language code is provided, the response will be in "EN". Please refer to Supported Languages for details.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	TimezoneResult	OK
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error occurred.

Security

AADToken

These are the Microsoft Entra OAuth 2.0 Flows. When paired with Azure role-based access control it can be used to control access to Azure Maps REST APIs. Azure role-based access controls are used to designate access to one or more Azure Maps resource account or sub-resources. Any user, group, or service principal can be granted access via a built-in role or a custom role composed of one or more permissions to Azure Maps REST APIs.

To implement scenarios, we recommend viewing authentication concepts. In summary, this security definition provides a solution for modeling application(s) via objects capable of access control on specific APIs and scopes.

Notes

This security definition requires the use of the x-ms-client-id header to indicate which Azure Maps resource the application is requesting access to. This can be acquired from the Maps management API.

The Authorization URL is specific to the Azure public cloud instance. Sovereign clouds have unique Authorization URLs and Microsoft Entra ID configurations. * The Azure role-based access control is configured from the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs. * Usage of the Azure Maps Web SDK allows for configuration based setup of an application for multiple use cases.

For more information on Microsoft identity platform, see Microsoft identity platform overview.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default	https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default

subscription-key

This is a shared key that is provisioned when you Create an Azure Maps account in the Azure portal or using PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST API.

With this key, any application can access all REST API. In other words, this key can be used as a master key in the account that they are issued in.

For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to use the confidential client applications approach to access Azure Maps REST APIs so your key can be securely stored.

Type: apiKey
In: query

SAS Token

This is a shared access signature token is created from the List SAS operation on the Azure Maps resource through the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs.

With this token, any application is authorized to access with Azure role-based access controls and fine-grain control to the expiration, rate, and region(s) of use for the particular token. In other words, the SAS Token can be used to allow applications to control access in a more secured way than the shared key.

For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to configure a specific list of allowed origins on the Map account resource to limit rendering abuse and regularly renew the SAS Token.

Type: apiKey
In: header

Examples

Successfully retrieve timezone by coordinates

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/timezone/byCoordinates/json?api-version=1.0&options=all&query=47,-122

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "Version": "2019a",
  "ReferenceUtcTimestamp": "2019-06-17T22:16:59.0765556Z",
  "TimeZones": [
    {
      "Id": "America/Los_Angeles",
      "Aliases": [
        "US/Pacific",
        "US/Pacific-New"
      ],
      "Countries": [
        {
          "Name": "United States",
          "Code": "US"
        }
      ],
      "Names": {
        "ISO6391LanguageCode": "en",
        "Generic": "Pacific Time",
        "Standard": "Pacific Standard Time",
        "Daylight": "Pacific Daylight Time"
      },
      "ReferenceTime": {
        "Tag": "PDT",
        "StandardOffset": "-08:00:00",
        "DaylightSavings": "01:00:00",
        "WallTime": "2019-06-17T15:16:59.0765556-07:00",
        "PosixTzValidYear": 2019,
        "PosixTz": "PST+8PDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0",
        "Sunrise": "2019-06-17T05:12:21.267-07:00",
        "Sunset": "2019-06-17T21:05:18.017-07:00"
      },
      "RepresentativePoint": {
        "Latitude": 34.05222222222222,
        "Longitude": -118.24277777777777
      },
      "TimeTransitions": [
        {
          "Tag": "PDT",
          "StandardOffset": "-08:00:00",
          "DaylightSavings": "01:00:00",
          "UtcStart": "2019-03-10T10:00:00Z",
          "UtcEnd": "2019-11-03T09:00:00Z"
        },
        {
          "Tag": "PST",
          "StandardOffset": "-08:00:00",
          "DaylightSavings": "00:00:00",
          "UtcStart": "2019-11-03T09:00:00Z",
          "UtcEnd": "2020-03-08T10:00:00Z"
        },
        {
          "Tag": "PDT",
          "StandardOffset": "-08:00:00",
          "DaylightSavings": "01:00:00",
          "UtcStart": "2020-03-08T10:00:00Z",
          "UtcEnd": "2020-11-01T09:00:00Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CountryRecord	A country/region record.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
JsonFormat	Desired format of the response. Only `json` format is supported.
ReferenceTime	Details in effect at the local time.
RepresentativePoint	Representative point property
TimeTransition
TimezoneId
TimezoneNames	Timezone names object.
TimezoneOptions	Alternatively, use alias "o". Options available for types of information returned in the result.
TimezoneResult	This object is returned from a successful Timezone By ID call or By Coordinates call

CountryRecord

A country/region record.

Name	Type	Description
Code	string	ISO-3166 2-letter country/region code for the country/region.
Name	string	country/region Name

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

JsonFormat

Desired format of the response. Only json format is supported.

Name	Type	Description
json	string	The JavaScript Object Notation Data Interchange Format

ReferenceTime

Details in effect at the local time.

Name	Type	Description
DaylightSavings	string	Time saving in minutes in effect at the `ReferenceUTCTimestamp`.
PosixTz	string	POSIX string used to set the time zone environment variable.
PosixTzValidYear	integer	The year this POSIX string is valid for. Note: A POSIX string will only be valid in the given year.
StandardOffset	string	UTC offset in effect at the `ReferenceUTCTimestamp`.
Sunrise	string	Sunrise at the given time zone as shown in the `Tag` property, populated only when the call is `byCoordinates`. The sunrise is described in the ISO 8601 format. Note that the Timezone API does not return sunrise and sunset times when solar day is observed in the requested region.
Sunset	string	Sunset at the given time zone as shown in the `Tag` property, populated only when the call is `byCoordinates`. The sunset is described in the ISO 8601 format. Note that the Timezone API does not return sunrise and sunset times when solar day is observed in the requested region.
Tag	string	Time zone name in effect at the reference timestamp (i.e. PST or PDT depending whether Daylight Savings Time is in effect).
WallTime	string	Current wall time at the given time zone as shown in the `Tag` property.

RepresentativePoint

Representative point property

Name	Type	Description
Latitude	number	Latitude property
Longitude	number	Longitude property

TimeTransition

Name	Type	Description
DaylightSavings	string	DaylightSavings property
StandardOffset	string	StandardOffset property
Tag	string	Tag property
UtcEnd	string	End date, end time for this transition period
UtcStart	string	Start date, start time for this transition period

TimezoneId

Name	Type	Description
Aliases	string[]	An array of time zone ID aliases. Only returned when [options]=zoneinfo or all. Note: may be null.
Countries	CountryRecord[]	An array of country/region records. Only returned when [options]=zoneinfo or all.
Id	string	Id property
Names	TimezoneNames	Timezone names object.
ReferenceTime	ReferenceTime	Details in effect at the local time.
RepresentativePoint	RepresentativePoint	Representative point property
TimeTransitions	TimeTransition[]	Time zone DST transitions from [transitionsFrom] until timestamp + 1 year.

TimezoneNames

Timezone names object.

Name	Type	Description
Daylight	string	Daylight Name
Generic	string	Generic Name
ISO6391LanguageCode	string	The ISO 639-1 language code of the Names
Standard	string	Standard Name

TimezoneOptions

Alternatively, use alias "o". Options available for types of information returned in the result.

Name	Type	Description
all	string	Include both zoneinfo and transitions in the result.
none	string	Do not include zoneinfo or transitions in the result.
transitions	string	Include transition information in the result (The number of transitions is currently capped at 250).
zoneInfo	string	Include additional time zone info in the result.

TimezoneResult

This object is returned from a successful Timezone By ID call or By Coordinates call

Name	Type	Description
ReferenceUtcTimestamp	string	Reference Utc Timestamp property
TimeZones	TimezoneId[]	TimeZoneId array
Version	string	Version property

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