Timezone Lookup in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Resolve time zones by the row. Returns the IANA zone, offset and local time for any city — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

timezonelookup.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("timezonelookup", A2, "field", "timezone")

City

Timezone

Timezone offset

Date

Time

Harare

Africa/Harare

120

2025-12-17

00:30

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Turn IDs into detail

Fill =VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone") down a column of identifiers and expand each into full, structured detail — no manual lookups.

Enrich a table in place

Add Timezone Lookup beside your existing rows to append the fields you were missing, right where the data lives.

Keep it current

Let auto-refresh re-resolve the column on a schedule so the enriched data never goes stale.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Timezone
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone")
Timezone offset
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone_offset")
Date
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "date")
Time
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "time")
Time24
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "time24")
Time12
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "time12")
DayPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "day")
MonthPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "month")
YearPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "year")
UnixPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "unix")
DstPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "dst")
Dst startPremium
=VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "dst_start")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Timezone Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Timezone Lookup into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("timezonelookup", "Harare", "field", "timezone") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Timezone Lookup?

Timezone Lookup returns timezone, timezone_offset, date, time and time24, plus 1 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Which Timezone Lookup fields need a paid plan?

day, month, year and unix, plus 2 more are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Timezone Lookup at once?

Yes. Put your city values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Timezone Lookup cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Timezone Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Timezone Lookup

Turn IDs into detail

Enrich a table in place

Keep it current

Timezone Lookup, answered

Put Timezone Lookup in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

Scaling up?