# PennyRail ISO Timestamp to Unix Converter

> PennyRail ISO Timestamp to Unix Converter is a paid API for AI agents from pennyrail.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Converts an ISO 8601 datetime string to a Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch)

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://pennyrail.vercel.app/api/p/nano/time.to-unix--iso-to-timestamp
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/pennyrail-iso-timestamp-to-unix-converter-023c2e94
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rp_MY8kazjlVJAqHNQC6X

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 pennyrail-iso-timestamp-to-unix-converter-023c2e94 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Convert the ISO date '2024-06-15T08:30:00Z' to a Unix timestamp for me.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a lightweight, pay-per-call microservice to convert ISO 8601 / RFC 3339 datetime strings to Unix epoch timestamps without standing up your own parsing infrastructure. Ideal for agents or workflows that occasionally need datetime normalization without a heavier date-manipulation library.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed ISO 8601 string returns an error response
- Missing 'input' field in request body returns a validation error
- Ambiguous or incomplete date strings (e.g. missing timezone) may cause parsing errors or incorrect results
- Payment failure (x402) prevents request from being processed

## How this service works

Machine-readable settlement service

## Output

Returns an object containing the Unix timestamp (integer seconds since epoch) corresponding to the provided ISO 8601 datetime string input.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

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