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UTC Time

Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget

See the time in UTC at a glance, in your menu bar or a widget. Useful when you work with servers, logs, or people in many time zones.

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FreeRequires macOS 26 or laterSince 2021No personal data collected

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With UTC Time, Sorhus has now released his latest app on the Mac App Store, which is likely to serve a small niche of users. The menu bar item shows Coordinated Universal Time in the Mac menu bar on request.

ifun.de2021Translated from German

Copy the time from the menu as ISO 8601 time, ISO 8601 date and time, or Unix time in seconds or milliseconds. You can also get the time with the “Get Time and Date in UTC” action in the Shortcuts app.

Just what I need

Saves me the headache of copying the current epoch and UTC time. Thank you for this.

seddysedthecleversed, App Store,

Excellent: a much-needed info missing from Apple widgets

If only the macOS system clock provided this feature directly. UTC is very useful for devs, for example.

jl_yvr, App Store,

Nice Tool!

I love the face that you can copy different time formats. Would love it even more if we could have an option to turn on the ability to see seconds.

K.Strib, App Store,

Perfect!

Does exactly what it needs to do without bloat. One of the most useful Mac apps I have installed.

rexbinary, App Store,

Frequently Asked Questions

I have a feature request, bug report, or some feedback

Click the feedback button in the app or send it here.

The app does not show up in the menu bar

The menu bar item looks blurry or is not dimmed on my secondary display

Can you localize the app into my language?

The date & time output adheres to your locale settings. I don’t plan to localize the app itself.

Can you add an analog clock?

I have no plans to add that.

Can you add support for other time zones?

That is outside the scope of this app, but check out my Zone Bar app, which shows many world clocks in the menu bar. My Second Clock and Dato apps also support this.

How can I customize the menu bar date and time format?

In the settings, you can show or hide the date, the day of the week, and the “UTC” text. If your Mac uses 12-hour time, you can also turn on 24-hour time. For a fully custom format, use Dato.

Can it show seconds in the clock?

I don’t plan to add this. Showing seconds wastes a lot of system resources and energy as macOS is very inefficient at rendering updates in the menu bar. Instead, just enable seconds in the system clock.

Why is this free without ads?

I just enjoy making apps. Consider leaving a nice review on the App Store.

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Older Versions

Non-App Store Version

A special version for users that cannot access the App Store. It won’t receive automatic updates. I will update it here once a year.

Download (1.11.0)

Requires macOS 26 or later

Get UTC Time

Show the time in UTC in the menu bar or a widget

Download on the App Store

Free

Platform
macOS
Requires
macOS 26 or later
Category
Utilities
Released
March 2021
Developer
Sindre Sorhus