# GlobalRules – Typical Business Hours by Country

> GlobalRules – Typical Business Hours by Country is a paid API for AI agents from globalrules-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the typical business hours for a specified country (e.g. France), including standard opening times, lunch breaks, and working day conventions.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalrules-api.onrender.com/api/v1/country/FR/business_hours_typical
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalrules-typical-business-hours-by-country-996a0704
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1R9zfoRL4mcB3SQijDdRp

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## 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 globalrules-typical-business-hours-by-country-996a0704
```

Example prompt: What are the typical business hours in France — when do offices usually open, close, and do they take a lunch break?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single, authoritative data point about business hours conventions for a specific country, verified against real-world sources. It is ideal for travel planning, scheduling international communications, or enriching business workflows with local norms — especially when you need a lightweight per-country lookup without building or maintaining your own regulatory database. Not suited for real-time schedule checks or industry-specific hours.

## Known failure modes

- Country code not in the 106-country database returns a 404 or empty result
- Invalid or malformed country code returns a validation error
- Field name typo or unsupported field returns an error response
- Service temporarily unavailable on the Render-hosted instance (cold start latency or downtime)
- Stale data if the verified source has not been recently updated

## How this service works

One specific fact for one country: VAT/GST rate, public holidays by country, visa requirements for travelers, tipping customs, power plug type, minimum wage, corporate tax, digital nomad visa, customs duty-free allowance and more. 138 countries, 55 fields, verified sources. Example: /api/v1/country/JP/vat

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, the typical business hours field value (e.g. standard start and end times, lunch break details, regional conventions), and a last-updated timestamp indicating when the data was last verified.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "country": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "updated": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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