Productivity Guide

VBA & Excel Internet Time

Legacy corporate environments often rely on Excel Macros (VBA). This script allows you to query the current internet time to timestamp reports or validate user actions, bypassing the local PC clock.

Sub GetInternetTime()
        Dim http As Object
        Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
    
        ' Fetch Time for New York
        http.Open "GET", "https://time.now/developer/api/timezone/America/New_York", False
        http.Send
    
        If http.Status = 200 Then
            ' Parse manually or display raw string
            MsgBox "API Response: " & http.responseText
        Else
            MsgBox "Error fetching time"
        End If
    End Sub

Why use Time.Now for Productivity?

Works in Excel, Access, Word
No external plugins needed
Standard Windows libraries

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