# Time Zone Current Time Lookup

> Time Zone Current Time Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from timezone-time.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Returns the current date and time for a given IANA time zone, including UTC offset, abbreviation, and DST status.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://timezone-time.x402tookit.com/time-now?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/time-zone-current-time-lookup-438b7579
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_oQsKfXemEytPqcPrrAAsy

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 time-zone-current-time-lookup-438b7579
```

Example prompt: What time is it right now in Tokyo — and is daylight saving time currently active there?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, real-time current time for a specific IANA time zone, especially when DST awareness and UTC offset accuracy matter. Prefer this over generic world-clock APIs when you need structured machine-readable output including DST flag, abbreviation, and offset-in-minutes for downstream computation.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized IANA timezone string returns an error or null fields
- Missing 'tz' query parameter causes a 400-level error
- Network or upstream data source degradation sets the 'degraded' flag to true with a reasons array
- Ambiguous or deprecated timezone identifiers may return unexpected results

## How this service works

Current date and time in an IANA time zone, with UTC offset, abbreviation and whether daylight saving time is in effect.

## Output

A JSON object containing the current local time, UTC time, UTC offset string and minutes, timezone abbreviation, whether DST is currently active, and whether the service response is degraded, along with a summary and source field.

## 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",
     "required": [
      "tz"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "tz": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "IANA time zone, e.g. America/New_York, Europe/London, Asia/Tokyo"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "tz": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "local": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "nowUtc": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "utcOffset": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "observesDst": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "abbreviation": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "daylightTimeNow": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "utcOffsetMinutes": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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