diff --git a/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.lock b/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.lock
index 50b15c1..812bccd 100644
--- a/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.lock
+++ b/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.lock
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.146"
+version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"
+checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
diff --git a/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.toml b/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.toml
index 22e1fea..7abadcc 100644
--- a/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librustzcash-wrapper/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ zip32 = "0.1.0"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.66"
 nonempty = "0.7.0"
 
+
 [features]
 capi = []
 
diff --git a/librustzcash-wrapper/src/lib.rs b/librustzcash-wrapper/src/lib.rs
index eb6bde0..15c242f 100644
--- a/librustzcash-wrapper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/librustzcash-wrapper/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ use zcash_client_backend::keys::sapling::{
 };
 
 use zcash_primitives::zip32::DiversifierIndex;
+use zcash_primitives::block::BlockHeader;
 
 use orchard::{
     Bundle as OrchardBundle,
diff --git a/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs b/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
index 1407c79..b6598da 100644
--- a/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/ZcashHaskell/Utils.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ import C.Zcash
 import Control.Exception (SomeException(..), try)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Binary.Get
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
 import Data.HexString (HexString(..))
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as E
@@ -100,6 +102,12 @@ makeZebraCall host port m params = do
             Nothing -> return $ Left "Empty response from Zebra"
             Just zR -> return $ Right zR
 
+getBlockTime :: HexString -> Int
+getBlockTime hex_block =
+  fromIntegral $
+  runGet getInt32le $
+  LBS.fromStrict $ BS.take 4 (BS.drop 100 $ hexBytes hex_block)
+
 readZebraTransaction :: HexString -> Maybe RawZebraTx
 readZebraTransaction hex =
   if BS.length (hexBytes $ zt_id rawTx) < 1
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
index 8ec7d42..9449996 100644
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -776,6 +776,10 @@ main = do
         let ca = genSaplingInternalAddress (SaplingSpendingKey $ BS.pack sk)
         fromMaybe (SaplingReceiver "") ca `shouldBe` bscAdr
     describe "Zebra response processing: " $ do
+      it "Read block time" $ do
+        let blkdata =
+              "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"
+        getBlockTime (hexString blkdata) `shouldBe` 1711455165
       describe "Raw transaction from faucet" $ do
         let h =
               hexString
diff --git a/zcash-haskell.cabal b/zcash-haskell.cabal
index c385e5c..aa3c73f 100644
--- a/zcash-haskell.cabal
+++ b/zcash-haskell.cabal
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ library
     , http-conduit
     , http-client
     , memory
+    , binary
     , text
     , haskoin-core
     , secp256k1-haskell