# Apex Edge Utility Time

> Apex Edge Utility Time is a paid API for AI agents from apex-edge.pearceshrader.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns the current server-side timestamp via a paid x402 inference/audit utility endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apex-edge.pearceshrader.workers.dev/api/v1/util/time?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-edge-utility-time-58dd9732
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HYgZWcHb5L4C1A96nAbcc

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability apex-edge-utility-time-58dd9732
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the current server time from the Apex Edge utility endpoint? I need a trusted timestamp for my audit log right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a trusted, server-authoritative timestamp backed by a paid x402 transaction record, especially for audit trails, compliance logging, or scenarios where you need cryptographic/payment proof that the time was fetched at a specific moment. Not ideal if you simply need the local system clock time without payment overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or malformed x402 payment header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Insufficient USDC balance for the $0.001 per-call fee
- Network timeout or Cloudflare Worker cold start delay
- Malformed POST request body — may return 400 Bad Request
- Service unavailable if the underlying Cloudflare Worker is down

## How this service works

x402-paid inference + audit endpoints

## Output

A JSON object containing the current server-side timestamp, likely including UTC time and potentially other time-related fields such as Unix epoch, ISO 8601 formatted datetime, or timezone information.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "example": {
     "status": "ok"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-edge-utility-time-58dd9732/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from apex-edge.pearceshrader.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/apex-edge.pearceshrader.workers.dev/llms.txt)