Is it possible to get device current date and time in APPIUM?

Abdul_Sathar_Beigh · November 26, 2015, 5:53am

@jonahss @Appium_Master @bhaskar @rgonalo @Hassan_Radi

Thanks In Advance

shermaneric · November 28, 2015, 8:27pm

I would try the following:
iOS: idevicesyslog http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7277804/ios-iphone-ipad-ipodtouch-view-real-time-console-log-terminal

Android: adb logcat -v time

With these being both command line programs, you can Grep out the time stamp and format how you wish.

Hope this helps

jonahss · November 30, 2015, 10:22pm

We could add this data somewhere if you like. You could make a feature request in a github issue on the main appium project.

If you want to work on a pull request for this, we can work with you

Abdul_Sathar_Beigh · December 2, 2015, 11:23am

Sure @jonahss, I have made a feature request in a github issue with issue #5893.

nishant_shah · July 17, 2016, 5:46am

Is this feature implemented in Appium?

sivaprasad · March 13, 2018, 6:44am

Hi try these, it works for me

iOS: idevicedate
Android : adb shell date

Telmo_Cardoso · March 13, 2018, 8:30am

@sivaprasad you can use:

driver.getDeviceTime()

Harinath · April 1, 2019, 9:17am

Hi Telmo_Cardoso,

I need this format like (hh:mm:ss a) please help me with this.

driver.getDeviceTime(String format);–> i used this method but it work as which you give.
can you help me how to pass string in method.

VitorJeremias · April 2, 2020, 6:57pm

Did you find a solution to this? I also need to format the time as HH:mm but can’t get the String format to work

Mirudhu_Yuvaraj · May 15, 2020, 11:59am

github.com

appium/java-client/blob/1991a8a0f9e4a3ff467dbb713cb5c51c8edc060f/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/HasDeviceTime.java#L36




/**
 * Gets device date and time for both iOS(host time is returned for simulators) and Android devices.
 *
 * @param format The set of format specifiers. Read
 *               https://momentjs.com/docs/ to get the full list of supported
 *               datetime format specifiers. The default format is
 *               `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ`, which complies to ISO-8601
 * @return Device time string
 */
default String getDeviceTime(String format) {
    Response response = execute(GET_DEVICE_TIME, ImmutableMap.of("format", format));
    return response.getValue().toString();
}


/**
 * Gets device date and time for both iOS(host time is returned for simulators) and Android devices.
 * The default format since Appium 1.8.2 is `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ`, which complies to ISO-8601.
 *
 * @return Device time string
 */

I hope this link may helpful for the need.

anasfanani · October 21, 2023, 2:56pm

To do in android using python client:

driver.device_time