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Method: current-time

Retrieve the current system time

Sample Request

http://api.onebusaway.org/api/where/current-time.xml?key=TEST

Sample Response

<response>
  <version>2</version>
  <code>200</code>
  <text>OK</text>
  <currentTime>1270614730908</currentTime>
  <data class="time">
    <references/>
    <time>
      <time>1270614730908</time>
      <readableTime>2010-04-06T21:32:10-07:00</readableTime>
    </time>
  </data>
</response>

Response

  • time - current system time as milliseconds since the Unix epoch
  • readableTime - current system time in ISO 8601 format