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How to reverse geocode for the time zone of a city

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How to reverse geocode for the time zone of a city - Amazon Location Service

You can use the Reverse Geocode API to request for time zone information such as UTC offset and time zone name

Potential use

Possible uses for geocode time zones:

  • Create a world clock

  • Schedule meetings in different geographies

Examples

Reverse geocode a location in Tokyo, with time zone request.

Sample request
{ "QueryPosition": [ 139.69172, 35.6895 ], "AdditionalFeatures": [ "TimeZone" ] }
Sample response
{ "ResultItems": [ { "PlaceId": "<Redacted>", "PlaceType": "PointAddress", "Title": "〒160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿2丁目8-1", "Address": { "Label": "〒160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿2丁目8-1", "Country": { "Code2": "JP", "Code3": "JPN", "Name": "日本" }, "Region": { "Name": "東京都" }, "SubRegion": {}, "Locality": "新宿区", "SubDistrict": "西新宿", "PostalCode": "160-0023", "Block": "2丁目", "SubBlock": "8", "AddressNumber": "1" }, "Position": [ 139.69171, 35.68949 ], "Distance": 1, "MapView": [ 139.69071, 35.68861, 139.69251, 35.69048 ], "AccessPoints": [ { "Position": [ 139.69206, 35.68954 ] } ], "TimeZone": { "Name": "Asia/Tokyo", "Offset": "+09:00", "OffsetSeconds": 32400 } } ] }
cURL
curl --request POST \ --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/reverse-geocode?key=Your_Key' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "QueryPosition": [ 139.69172, 35.6895 ], "AdditionalFeatures": [ "TimeZone" ] }'
AWS CLI
aws geo-places reverse-geocode --key ${YourKey} --query-position 139.69172 35.6895 --additional-features "TimeZone"

Example

Reverse geocode a location in Tokyo, with time zone request.

Sample request
{ "QueryPosition": [ 139.69172, 35.6895 ], "AdditionalFeatures": [ "TimeZone" ] }
Sample response
{ "ResultItems": [ { "PlaceId": "<Redacted>", "PlaceType": "PointAddress", "Title": "〒160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿2丁目8-1", "Address": { "Label": "〒160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿2丁目8-1", "Country": { "Code2": "JP", "Code3": "JPN", "Name": "日本" }, "Region": { "Name": "東京都" }, "SubRegion": {}, "Locality": "新宿区", "SubDistrict": "西新宿", "PostalCode": "160-0023", "Block": "2丁目", "SubBlock": "8", "AddressNumber": "1" }, "Position": [ 139.69171, 35.68949 ], "Distance": 1, "MapView": [ 139.69071, 35.68861, 139.69251, 35.69048 ], "AccessPoints": [ { "Position": [ 139.69206, 35.68954 ] } ], "TimeZone": { "Name": "Asia/Tokyo", "Offset": "+09:00", "OffsetSeconds": 32400 } } ] }
cURL
curl --request POST \ --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/reverse-geocode?key=Your_Key' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "QueryPosition": [ 139.69172, 35.6895 ], "AdditionalFeatures": [ "TimeZone" ] }'
AWS CLI
aws geo-places reverse-geocode --key ${YourKey} --query-position 139.69172 35.6895 --additional-features "TimeZone"
{ "QueryPosition": [ 139.69172, 35.6895 ], "AdditionalFeatures": [ "TimeZone" ] }

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