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Go's Android port hard-codes time.Local to UTC (time/zoneinfo_android.go
initLocal() is a stub with a decade-old TODO to read persist.sys.timezone),
so every wails3 Android app currently shows UTC timestamps regardless of
the device's configured timezone.
Add Timezone() to the MobileManager interface, following the existing
StoragePath()/PowerJSON() pattern: a Java bridge method backed by the
public TimeZone.getDefault() API on Android, an NSTimeZone-backed
implementation on iOS (which is unaffected by the bug but kept at parity
with the interface), and a "" no-op on desktop.
The method only reports the device's IANA timezone ID; it does not touch
time.Local itself. Applying it is left to the caller:
if tz := application.Mobile.Timezone(); tz != "" {
if loc, err := time.LoadLocation(tz); err == nil {
time.Local = loc
}
}
This mirrors how the rest of Mobile.* is designed (query, don't mutate
global state), and avoids silently changing time.Local for apps that
don't opt in.
Touches:
- v3/pkg/application/mobile.go
- v3/pkg/application/mobile_features_android.go
- v3/pkg/application/mobile_features_ios.go
- v3/pkg/application/mobile_features_ios.h
- v3/pkg/application/mobile_features_ios.m
- v3/pkg/application/mobile_stub.go
- v3/internal/commands/build_assets/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java
- docs/mpress/content/guides/mobile/mobile-api.md
- v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
Fixes wailsapp#6189
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant MobileManager
participant AndroidBridge
participant iOSBridge
alt Android
Caller->>MobileManager: Timezone()
MobileManager->>AndroidBridge: getTimezone()
AndroidBridge-->>MobileManager: Device timezone ID
else iOS
Caller->>MobileManager: Timezone()
MobileManager->>iOSBridge: ios_timezone()
iOSBridge-->>MobileManager: Device timezone name
end
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🟡 Minor · Embed timezone data for the documented iOS workflow. · mobile-api.md:35-43
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winEmbed timezone data for the documented iOS workflow.
On iOS, the standard Go runtime does not provide a platform timezone database. The Wails iOS bundle also does not include one. Therefore,
time.LoadLocation(tz)can return an error, and the guarded assignment leavestime.Localunchanged at UTC. Add the standard embedded timezone database import to the example.Suggested fix
+import ( + "time" + _ "time/tzdata" +) + if tz := application.Mobile.Timezone(); tz != "" {🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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🟡 Minor · Add getTimezone() to the Android example bridge. · mobile_features_android.go:199-202
v3/pkg/application/mobile_features_android.go:199-202
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd
getTimezone()to the Android example bridge.When an Android app based on this example calls
application.Mobile.Timezone(), the checked-in bridge has no matching Java method. JNI clears the lookup exception and returns no result, soTimezone()returns""instead of the device timezone.The Android build regenerates Go bindings only. It does not replace
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Description
Go's standard library has never implemented Android timezone detection —
time/zoneinfo_android.go'sinitLocal()has stubbedtime.Localto UTCsince gomobile's original Android port, with only a TODO comment:
As a result, every wails3 Android app currently gets UTC log timestamps
and UTC-based cron/timer behaviour regardless of the device's actual
timezone, even when the device is correctly configured (verified on a
physical device set to Asia/Shanghai).
This PR exposes the device's IANA timezone ID through the existing
application.Mobilebridge, following the same pattern already used forStoragePath(),PowerJSON(), etc.:WailsBridge.getTimezone()returnsTimeZone.getDefault().getID()(public Android SDK API — no native property access, no new CGO surface
beyond the JNI bridge call mechanism
Mobile.*already uses).ios_timezone()returns[NSTimeZone localTimeZone].name. iOS is notaffected by the underlying bug (its
zoneinfo_ios.gohas a realinitLocal()), this is added purely for interface parity, sinceMobileManagerrequires both platform managers to implement the samemethod set.
"", consistent with every otherMobile.*method.Timezone()only reports the value — it deliberately does not settime.Localitself, so as not to silently mutate global runtime state forapps that don't opt in. Callers apply it explicitly:
This usage, along with the background on why it's needed, is documented in
mobile-api.md.Fixes #6189
Is a WEP required?
This adds one method to
MobileManager, which is technically new publicsurface, so I want to flag it rather than assume. My read is that it's
small enough to skip the WEP process: it's a query-only getter with no new
behaviour, no new dependencies, and mirrors an established pattern
one-for-one on all three platforms — but I'll happily open a WEP first if
maintainers would rather see one for something touching the public
MobileManagerinterface.Type of change
How Has This Been Tested?
Verified on a physical Android device (timezone set to Asia/Shanghai):
before this change,
time.Now()/time.Now().Location()/time.Localall reported UTC; after calling
application.Mobile.Timezone()andapplying it via
time.LoadLocationas shown above, they correctly reportAsia/Shanghaiwith the right wall-clock offset.flag if iOS testing is required before merge)
Test Configuration
Wails v3.0.0-beta.26 › Wails Doctor
System
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Name | Windows 10 Pro |
| Version | 2009 (Build: 26200) |
| ID | 25H2 |
| Branding | Windows 11 专业版 |
| Platform | windows |
| Architecture | amd64 |
| Go WebView2Loader | true |
| WebView2 Version | 153.0.4234.48 |
| CPU | 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz |
| GPU | Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (Intel Corporation) |
| Memory | 16GB |
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Build Environment
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Wails CLI | v3.0.0-beta.26 |
| Go Version | go1.27.1 |
| -buildmode | exe |
| -compiler | gc |
| CGO_ENABLED | 0 |
| DefaultGODEBUG | cryptocustomrand=1,tlssecpmlkem=0,tracebacklabels=0,urlstrictcolons=0,x509sslcertoverrideplatform=0 |
| GOAMD64 | v1 |
| GOARCH | amd64 |
| GOOS | windows |
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Checklist:
v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.mdsource only —
mobile-api.md; translated copies are community-maintained and left untouched)
feature works — this is a thin JNI/ObjC passthrough with no
branching logic to unit test; verified manually on-device as above
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