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Unity & Trusted Server Time

In mobile games, users often change their device clock to speed up wait timers or get daily rewards early. By checking our API, you can enforce server-side time validation without setting up your own backend infrastructure.

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using UnityEngine;
    using UnityEngine.Networking;
    using System.Collections;

    public class TimeChecker : MonoBehaviour {
        void Start() {
            StartCoroutine(GetTrustedTime());
        }

        IEnumerator GetTrustedTime() {
            string url = "https://time.now/developer/api/timezone/UTC";
            using (UnityWebRequest webRequest = UnityWebRequest.Get(url)) {
                yield return webRequest.SendWebRequest();

                if (webRequest.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.Success) {
                    // Simple parsing or use JsonUtility
                    Debug.Log("Server Time JSON: " + webRequest.downloadHandler.text);
                } else {
                    Debug.LogError("Error: " + webRequest.error);
                }
            }
        }
    }

Why use Time.Now for Game Dev?

Prevents 'Time Skipping' cheats
No backend required
Works on iOS/Android/PC builds

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