diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 7fa9160..610a814 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ None
 * teams: mapping from anonymized team ID to team name
 * log: list of (timestamp, team number, category, points)
 * notices: list of HTML broadcast notices to display to the user
+* now: current server time (unix epoch)
 
 
 ### Example
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ None
         "notices": [
           "<a href=\"https://appspot.com/dooted-bagel-8372/entry\">WOPR category</a> is now open",
           "Event closes at 18:00 today, and will resume tomorrow at 08:00"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "now": 1527170088
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/fake-server.py b/tools/fake-server.py
index 8076e9d..340b43b 100755
--- a/tools/fake-server.py
+++ b/tools/fake-server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/python3
 
 from aiohttp import web
+import time
 
 async def fake_register(request):
     teamId = request.query.get("teamId")
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ async def fake_state(request):
                 "<a href=\"https://appspot.com/dooted-bagel-8372/entry\">WOPR category</a> is now open",
                 "Event closes at 18:00 today, and will resume tomorrow at 08:00"
             ],
+            "now": int(time.time()),
         }
     }
     return web.json_response(resp)