The invention discloses a time acquiring method. The time acquiring method comprises the steps of when executing a computer program, allocating a timestamp storage region in a memory for the computer program, and sending a timestamp acquiring instruction to a time synchronization server; obtaining a Unix timestamp returned from the time synchronization server, and storing the Unix timestamp in the timestamp storage region; increasing the numerical value of the Unix timestamp stored in the timestamp storage region regularly; and when needing to acquire the current time in the executing process of the computer program, converting the Unix timestamp stored in the timestamp storage region into time data, and taking the time data as the current time. According to the embodiments of the time acquiring method and apparatus, accurate time can be provided without influencing operation of other programs, and the required permission is low. Meanwhile, the embodiments of the invention also provide a time acquiring apparatus used for executing the steps of the time acquiring method.