# Oblique Markets Server Time

> Oblique Markets Server Time is a paid API for AI agents from api.oblique.markets, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns the current server time from the Oblique Markets API

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.oblique.markets/api/v1/paid/time?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/oblique-markets-server-time-46cb377b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xnFE2SdjAiN1m-9XCdYwp

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 oblique-markets-server-time-46cb377b
```

Example prompt: What is the current server time on Oblique Markets?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to synchronize your local clock or request timestamps with the Oblique Markets API server, or as a lightweight health-check ping to confirm the API is operational. It is the simplest and cheapest call available on the platform.

## Known failure modes

- Network timeout if the server is unreachable
- 402 Payment Required if the x402 micropayment of $0.01 USDC is not included or fails
- 500 Internal Server Error if the server is experiencing issues
- Stale or incorrect time if the server clock is misconfigured

## How this service works

Use when an agent needs a trusted UTC timestamp or the smallest end-to-end test of its x402 payment client. Returns Current server time as ISO 8601 and Unix epoch milliseconds, returned only after a real settlement. $0.01.

## Output

Returns the current server timestamp as reported by the Oblique Markets API server, useful for clock synchronization, latency measurement, and confirming API availability.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "epoch": 1767225600000,
  "message": "This response was paid for via x402 protocol",
  "timezone": "UTC",
  "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/oblique-markets-server-time-46cb377b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.oblique.markets](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.oblique.markets/llms.txt)