{"uid":"cap_RD-vpDCKPjD8ENKR5CJX8","slug":"agenttools-current-date-time-1a96b128","name":"AgentTools Current Date & Time","description":"Returns the current date and time in any IANA time zone, plus Unix seconds/milliseconds, ISO 8601, weekday and day-of-year. Use it whenever an agent needs to know 'now'. Use this when an agent needs to the current date/time in any time zone — agents have no clock.","url":"https://agentstoolshub.com/api/v1/live/now?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"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":[],"properties":{"tz":{"type":"string","description":"e.g. America/New_York, Europe/Berlin, Asia/Tokyo"}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.001","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.001/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_IokrFQDSOk2soo3qzCxCW","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.001","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns the current date and time for any IANA time zone, including Unix timestamps, ISO 8601, weekday, and day-of-year.","exampleAgentPrompt":"What's the current date and time right now in the America/Chicago time zone, including the Unix timestamp and day of year?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Timestamping agent-generated logs","prompt":"What is the exact current date, time, and Unix millisecond timestamp right now in UTC? I need to timestamp an event my agent just recorded."},{"title":"Scheduling task in user's local time","prompt":"What day of the week and current local time is it right now in Europe/Berlin? I want to know if it's within business hours there before sending a message."},{"title":"Answering 'what time is it' for a traveler","prompt":"Can you tell me the current date and time in Asia/Tokyo, including the ISO 8601 format and what day of the year it is?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object containing the current date and time in the requested IANA time zone, including: local date and time strings, Unix timestamp in seconds and milliseconds, ISO 8601 formatted datetime, weekday name, and the numeric day of the year.","failureModes":["Invalid or unrecognized IANA time zone string returns an error response","Missing or malformed query parameter may default to UTC or return a validation error","Network timeout or server unavailability results in a non-200 response"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint whenever an AI agent needs to know the current real-world date or time, since agents lack an internal clock. Prefer this over hardcoded timestamps or LLM-generated dates, as those are unreliable. Ideal when the user's time zone is known and accurate local time, weekday, or Unix epoch values are needed for scheduling, logging, or conditional logic.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-12T12:50:18.059Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"agenttools-current-date-time-1a96b128"}