diff --git a/src/controllers/serverTimeController.js b/src/controllers/serverTimeController.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5093a2e07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/serverTimeController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const moment = require('moment');
+
+const getServerTime = (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const serverTime = moment();
+    // const serverTime = moment('2026-07-10T10:00:00'); // testing purposes
+
+    console.log('Getting time');
+
+    res.status(200).json({
+      serverTime: serverTime.toISOString(),
+      date: serverTime.format('YYYY-MM-DD'),
+      timezone: Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone,
+      timestamp: serverTime.valueOf(),
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    res.status(500).json({
+      error: 'Unable to fetch server time',
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  getServerTime,
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/serverTimeRouter.js b/src/routes/serverTimeRouter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c54b160e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/serverTimeRouter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const express = require('express');
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+const { getServerTime } = require('../controllers/serverTimeController');
+
+router.get('/servertime', getServerTime);
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/src/startup/middleware.js b/src/startup/middleware.js
index 11e6059b16..3bd3a3bf48 100644
--- a/src/startup/middleware.js
+++ b/src/startup/middleware.js
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     if (openPaths.includes(req.path)) {
       return next(); // Allow PayPal requests through
     }
+
+    // Public server time endpoint
+    if (req.originalUrl === '/api/servertime' && req.method === 'GET') {
+      next();
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (!req.header('Authorization')) {
       res.status(401).send({ 'error:': 'Unauthorized request' });
       return;
diff --git a/src/startup/routes.js b/src/startup/routes.js
index 4cd7383c86..628e91ae58 100644
--- a/src/startup/routes.js
+++ b/src/startup/routes.js
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ const educatorRoutes = require('../routes/educatorRoutes');
 const classAggregationRouter = require('../routes/classAgreegraterRouter');
 const activityLogRouter = require('../routes/activityLogRouter')();
 
+const serverTimeRouter = require('../routes/serverTimeRouter');
+
 module.exports = function (app) {
   app.use('/api/bm/summary-dashboard', summaryDashboardRouter);
   app.use('/api', forgotPwdRouter);
@@ -674,4 +676,6 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
   app.use('/api/kitchenandinventory/recipes', recipeRouter);
 
   app.use('/api/analytics', analyticsRouter);
+
+  app.use('/api', serverTimeRouter);
 };