dmkravchuk/ip-clock

Resolves accurate server time and timezone via external IP lookup

v1.0.0 2026-03-10 15:43 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^7.0
• psr/clock: ^1.0
• psr/log: ^3.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpstan/phpstan: ^1.10
• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.0

MIT

• Dmytro Kravchuk

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-03-10 15:48 UTC

README

A PSR-20 compliant Composer package that returns the correct server time and timezone based on the server's external IP address.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.2
• Composer

Installation

Via Packagist

composer require dmkravchuk/ip-clock

Via VCS (without Packagist)

Add to your composer.json:

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "vcs",
        "url": "https://github.com/dmkravchuk/ip-clock"
    }
]

Then run:

composer require dmkravchuk/ip-clock

Configuration

One of the time providers — ipgeolocation.io — requires a free API key.

1. Create a free account at https://ipgeolocation.io
2. Check the Dashboard the API KEY section
3. Copy your API key
4. Set it as an environment variable in .env file:

IPGEOLOCATION_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

The package works without this key — ipgeolocation.io will simply be skipped if the key is not set.

Usage

Basic usage (auto-detect server IP)

use DmKravchuk\IpClock\ClockFactory;

$clock = ClockFactory::create();
$now = $clock->now();

echo $now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // 2026-03-10 14:00:00
echo $now->getTimezone()->getName(); // Europe/Kyiv

With explicit IP address

$clock = ClockFactory::create(ip: '8.8.8.8');
$now = $clock->now();

echo $now->getTimezone()->getName(); // America/Los_Angeles

With custom PSR-3 logger

use Monolog\Logger;
use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;

$logger = new Logger('ip-clock');
$logger->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('php://stdout'));

$clock = ClockFactory::create(logger: $logger);

PSR-20 compatibility

use Psr\Clock\ClockInterface;

function doSomething(ClockInterface $clock): void
{
    $now = $clock->now();
}

doSomething(ClockFactory::create());

How it works

1. Resolves the server's external IP via ipify.org
2. Determines the timezone using a chain of time providers:
   • Primary: timeapi.io — free, no API key required
   • Fallback #1: worldtimeapi.org — free, no API key required
   • Fallback #2: ipgeolocation.io — free API key required
3. If all providers fail — returns current time in UTC

Running tests

composer test

License

MIT