Get block by date

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

Find the closest block to a specific date on a blockchain.

QUERY PARAMS

chainstring

The chain to query

eth0x1sepolia0xaa36a7polygon0x89bsc0x38bsc testnet0x61avalanche0xa86afantom0xfacronos0x19arbitrum0xa4b1chiliz0x15b38chiliz testnet0x15b32gnosis0x64gnosis testnet0x27d8base0x2105base sepolia0x14a34optimism0xaholesky0x4268polygon amoy0x13882linea0xe708moonbeam0x504moonriver0x505moonbase0x507linea sepolia0xe705flow0x2ebflow-testnet0x221ronin0x7e4ronin-testnet0x7e5lisk0x46flisk-sepolia0x106apulse0x171sei-testnet0x530sei0x531

datestring

Unix date in milliseconds or a datestring (format in seconds or datestring 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"
}