How to get the real UTC timestamp (client independent)?

Question

Is there a way to get the real current UTC timestamp without being dependent on the client's time which might not be set correctly on every client?

I know with JavaScript's getTime() I can get the UTC timestamp in milliseconds. It's independent of the client's timezone, but I think it's dependent of the client's current time.

I'm trying to make a live clock that shows the real UTC time, so it shouldn't matter if the client's time is set correctly or not for it to be correct.

Answer 1

Get this JSON:

http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json

Or

http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now

Also you can get it from your own server if you have one.

For an example of the first one (with interval):

HTML:

<div id="time">Click the button</div>
<button id="gettime">Get the time</button>

JAVASCRIPT (With JQuery):

$("#gettime").click(function() {
setInterval(ajaxCalltoGetTime, 1000);
});


function ajaxCalltoGetTime() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
    url: 'http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json',
    dataType: 'jsonp'
})
.done(function( msg ) {
    $("#time").html(msg.hour + ":" + msg.minute + ":" + msg.second );
});

JSFiddler: http://jsfiddle.net/op8xdsrv/