getBlockTime

getBlockTime RPC Method

post

Returns the estimated production time of a block. Each validator reports their UTC time to the ledger on a regular interval by intermittently adding a timestamp to a Vote for a particular block. A requested block's time is calculated from the stake-weighted mean of the Vote timestamps in a set of recent blocks recorded on the ledger.

Authorizations

AuthHeaderURLParameter

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumRequired

JSON-RPC protocol version

Example: 2.0Possible values:

idone ofRequired

Request identifier that will be returned in the response

Example: 1

stringOptional

or

numberOptional

methodstring · enumRequired

The RPC method name

Example: getBlockTimePossible values:

paramsinteger · int64[] · min: 1 · max: 1Required

Method parameters:

1. Slot number (u64) - required Block number, identified by Slot

Example: 377268280

Responses

200

Successful Response

application/json

401

Unauthorized

text/plain

403

Forbidden

text/plain

429

Too Many Requests

text/plain

500

Internal Server Error

text/plain

post

cURLSolana Kitweb3.jsRust

curl -X POST https://public.rpc.solanavibestation.com \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getBlockTime",
    "params": [
      377268280
    ]
  }'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1574721591,
  "id": 1
}