Get block by date

GEThttps://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock

Get the closest block given the date.

QUERY PARAMS

chainstring

The chain to query

eth0x1sepolia0xaa36a7holesky0x4268polygon0x89polygon amoy0x13882bsc0x38bsc testnet0x61avalanche0xa86afantom0xfacronos0x19arbitrum0xa4b1gnosis0x64gnosis testnet0x27d8chiliz0x15b38chiliz testnet0x15b32base0x2105base sepolia0x14a34optimism0xalinea0xe708linea sepolia0xe705moonbeam0x504moonriver0x505moonbase0x507flow0x2ebflow-testnet0x221ronin0x7e4ronin-testnet0x7e5lisk0x46flisk-sepolia0x106apulse0x171

datestringrequired

Unix date in seconds or a datestring (any format that is accepted by momentjs)

Responses

200Returns the block number and corresponding date and timestamp

400Bad Request

404Not Found

429Too Many Requests

500Internal Server Error

API KEY

cURL

curl --request GET \
     --url 'https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock?chain=eth&date=2025-09-01T00%3A00%3A00Z' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' 

Node.js

// Node.js v18+ has native fetch support
// No additional dependencies required

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
};

fetch('https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock?chain=eth&date=2025-09-01T00%3A00%3A00Z', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock?chain=eth&date=2025-09-01T00%3A00%3A00Z"

headers = {
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock?chain=eth&date=2025-09-01T00%3A00%3A00Z"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/dateToBlock?chain=eth&date=2025-09-01T00%3A00%3A00Z', [
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Response Example

200 Returns the block number and corresponding date and timestamp

{
  "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
  "block": 9193266,
  "timestamp": 1577836811,
  "block_timestamp": "2019-12-31T23:59:45.000Z",
  "hash": "0x9b559aef7ea858608c2e554246fe4a24287e7aeeb976848df2b9a2531f4b9171",
  "parent_hash": "0x011d1fc45839de975cc55d758943f9f1d204f80a90eb631f3bf064b80d53e045"
}