Parse a timestamp or date string into canonical forms — zero-dependency. Accepts unix seconds/millis or any standard date string (ISO-8601, RFC-2822, etc.). Returns UTC ISO, unix seconds + millis, RFC-2822, calendar components (year/month/day/hour/minute/second/weekday), ISO weekday, ISO year+week, and day-of-year. Pass an IANA timezone (tz) to also get the DST-correct local wall-clock time and UTC offset. The reliable time primitive for agents normalizing or converting timestamps.
/api/time/parsePAYMENT-SIGNATURE.The parse API is a pay-per-call time endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Parse a timestamp or date string into canonical forms — zero-dependency.
There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in parse data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs time data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
inputrequired | string | Timestamp or date string, e.g. "2026-06-21T15:30:00Z" or 1750000000. min 1 chars · max 100 chars |
tz | string | Optional IANA timezone for local conversion, e.g. America/New_York. min 2 chars · max 64 chars |
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/time/parse?input=example&tz=xx' # 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/time/parse?input=example&tz=xx' \ -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>' # Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry): # EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \ # --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \ # 'https://2s.io/api/time/parse?input=example&tz=xx'
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'
const client = new TwoS({
privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})
const result = await client.time.parse({
"input": "example",
"tz": "xx"
})
console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)import os
from twosio import TwoS
client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
result = client.time.parse(input="example", tz="xx")
print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
// EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.
// claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"2sio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
"env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
}
}
}
// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "time.parse",
"arguments": {
"input": "example",
"tz": "xx"
}
}
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ok | boolean | one of: true |
items | array | |
total | integer | Total matching rows upstream; null when unknown. |
source | object |
{
"ok": true,
"items": [
{
"input": "example",
"utc": {
"iso": "example",
"year": 1,
"month": 1,
"day": 1,
"hour": 1,
"minute": 1,
"second": 1,
"weekday": "example"
},
"unixSeconds": 1,
"unixMillis": 1,
"isoWeekday": 1,
"dayOfYear": 1,
"isoYear": 1,
"isoWeek": 1,
"rfc2822": "example",
"local": {
"timezone": "example",
"offset": "example",
"offsetMinutes": 1,
"iso": "example",
"year": 1,
"month": 1,
"day": 1,
"hour": 1,
"minute": 1,
"second": 1,
"weekday": "example"
}
}
],
"total": 1,
"source": {
"provider": "example",
"url": "example",
"license": "example"
}
}