# UTC Unix Timestamp Now

> UTC Unix Timestamp Now is a paid API for AI agents from api.delx.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns the current UTC time as unix seconds, unix milliseconds, and ISO 8601 string from the server clock

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.delx.ai/api/v1/x402/unix-now?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/utc-unix-timestamp-now-2a246e6d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7MljDQOk1NJFEGmJnonRI

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 utc-unix-timestamp-now-2a246e6d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current UTC unix timestamp in both seconds and milliseconds? I need it for an idempotency stamp on a request I'm about to send.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs a trusted, authoritative server-side UTC timestamp rather than relying on its own local or runtime clock — especially for idempotency stamps, generating expiring tokens, auditing, or detecting clock skew between distributed systems. Prefer it over client-side time when tamper-resistance or an external reference clock matters. It requires no API key and charges only $0.001 USDC per successful call via x402 on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Network or server error returns a non-200 HTTP status
- Malformed request body returns a structured validation error object (not billed)
- x402 payment failure or insufficient USDC balance prevents the call from completing
- Clock precision limited to server-side resolution; sub-millisecond accuracy not guaranteed

## How this service works

Current UTC unix time. Use for idempotency stamps, expiring links, or clock skew checks. Returns unix seconds, millis, and ISO UTC from the server clock. $0.001 USDC per successful call via x402 on Base—first-party JSON from Delx (fresh each call; not a deterministic transform), no API key, no subscription, and nothing is billed on structured validation errors.

## Output

A JSON object containing: `unix` (current time as integer Unix epoch seconds), `unix_ms` (current time as integer Unix epoch milliseconds), `iso` (current UTC time as an ISO 8601 string), and `schema` (schema identifier). Structured validation errors are returned as an error object and are not billed.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {},
     "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "example"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "iso": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "unix": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "schema": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "unix_ms": {
       "type": "integer"
      }
     },
     "description": "Deterministic structured JSON result from first-party execution. Invalid inputs return a structured error object and are not billed.",
     "additionalProperties": true
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "iso": "2026-08-04T12:00:00+00:00",
  "unix": 1754308800,
  "schema": "delx/unix-now/v1",
  "unix_ms": 1754308800000
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/utc-unix-timestamp-now-2a246e6d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.delx.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.delx.ai/llms.txt)