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deviceTime

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What time the device thinks it is, in its own zone — what a clock-dependent screen shows, and what a test of scheduling or a timezone change checks against. These call app_time.

deviceTime​

public Map<String, Object> deviceTime()

What time the device thinks it is: time (RFC 3339, in its own offset), zone, and clock — "device", or "mac" on an iOS simulator, which has no clock of its own.

@return the device's clock

Examples​

Read the device's clock​

Map<String, Object> clock = device.deviceTime();
System.out.println(clock.get("time") + " " + clock.get("zone"));

The same call from the command line, mobium time, printed on an Android 15 emulator:

2026-09-29T01:27:21.511-07:00 America/Los_Angeles