getBlockTime

All the specifications for getBlockTime RPC Method on Solana

Returns the estimated production time of a block.

Parameters required for this RPC call

• The Block number, identified by Slot. This is a u64 number.

cURL

curl https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY -s -X \
  POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
   {
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 1,
     "method": "getBlockTime",
     "params": [
       377268280
     ]
   }
 '

Web3.js

import { Connection, clusterApiUrl } from "@solana/web3.js";

const connection = new Connection("https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY", "confirmed");

let slotNumber = 377268280;
let blockTime = await connection.getBlockTime(slotNumber);

console.log("Block time:", blockTime);

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1574721591, //estimated production time, as Unix timestamp
  "id": 1
}