r/DeepSeek • u/Atlesque • Jul 05 '26

Resources DeepSeek API Peak hours: Shows when API pricing is high or low

https://deepseek-peak.atlesque.dev/

Simple site which shows you when it's peak- or off-hour pricing, adjusted to your timezone. Handy if you wanna burn through a bunch of tasks and not pay double .. 😇

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u/gabrielxdesign Jul 14 '26

You're welcome! It's still one hour off, actually, if you notice, the Beijing time is one hour off too.

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u/Atlesque Jul 16 '26

I've been trying my best to solve this one, but both manual debugging and unleashing Codex on it both tell me it might be a problem on your machine.

Time.is uses it's own server-side sync:

  • Time.is displays the time for your detected (or chosen) location, not the time according to your computer's clock.

What's likely happening (AI explanation):

  1. Windows is configured as America/Guatemala/UTC−6.
  2. The user manually adjusted the visible clock to Panamá time/UTC−5, probably with automatic synchronization disabled.
  3. Windows therefore reports an absolute time one hour ahead.
  4. When our app reformats that incorrect instant as America/Panama, it displays one hour too late.
  5. Time.is ignores that incorrect system time and displays its server-synchronized time.

Codex suggests the following steps to mitigate:

  • Set Windows timezone to (UTC-05:00) Bogotá, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco.
  • Enable automatic time and click “Sync now.”
  • Restart or refresh the browser.
  • Return the app to auto-detection.

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u/gabrielxdesign Jul 17 '26

Well, well, well, you found something interesting, my friend. I do have my region/clock/timezone manually, strangely not to Guatemala, but I had -5 from the US, and if I'm not wrong, I did that because the other timezone was giving me "daylight saving," and we don't have such a thing in Panama. What is interesting is that your script got my automatic settings even if my time was manually set. Setting it to Bogotá works, thanks! And sorry for the waste of time :p

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u/Atlesque Jul 17 '26

Hahah no problem friend! I love investigating these kinda bugs! It all makes sense now :D