appium server log is logging wrong time zone's time desiredCapabilities.setCapability("--local-timezone", false); not working

[vikramvi]

The problem

• while running tests I've observed that appium server was wrong time in wrong time zone. I'm into CEST time zone but it's logging time from UTC ( current - 2 hrs )
• I added capability desiredCapabilities.setCapability("--local-timezone", false); to explicitly
  ( Reference: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/server-args.md )
• but still appium server log is showing time = current time - 2:00
• Eclipse console does show correct timestamp
• Tried desiredCapabilities.setCapability("--local-timezone", true) but same result

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.6.6-beta.3
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable):
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Mac 10.12.5
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v7.9.0
• Mobile platform/version under test:
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Emulator
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: NA

Details

mentioned in problem statement itself

Link to Appium logs

appium log

Eclipse console log

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

NA

[imurchie]

--local-timezone is a server argument. It is used when invoking the Appium server:

appium --local-timezone

[vikramvi]

@imurchie

I tried starting appium server as below

AppiumDriverLocalService driverLocalService1 = AppiumDriverLocalService
                                         .buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder()
                                         	.withAppiumJS(new File("/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"))
                    				.usingDriverExecutable(new File("/usr/local/bin/node"))
                                                 .usingPort(portNumber)
                                                 .withLogFile(logFile)
                                                 .withArgument(AndroidServerFlag.BOOTSTRAP_PORT_NUMBER, Integer.toString(bootstrapPortNumber) )
                                                 .withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE)
                                                 .withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, "debug")
                                                 .withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.CONFIGURATION_FILE, nodeConfigFilePath)
                                                 .withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOCAL_TIMEZONE, "true")  //THROWING EXCEPTION
                                         .withCapabilities(new DesiredCapabilities(ImmutableMap.of(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, UDID))));
                                 
                    	      driverLocalService1.start();

this is throwing exception

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:380
   						          parts.forEach(function (part) {
   						                ^
   						  TypeError: parts.forEach is not a function
   						      at _getLines (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:380:15)
   						      at HelpFormatter._formatUsage (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:418:17)
   						      at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:67:17
   						      at Array.map (native)
   						      at Section.formatHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:61:26)
   						      at HelpFormatter.formatHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/help/formatter.js:300:32)
   						      at ArgumentParser.formatUsage (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/argument_parser.js:1026:20)
   						      at ArgumentParser.printUsage (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/argument_parser.js:1082:27)
   						      at ArgumentParser.error (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/argument_parser.js:1156:8)
   						      at ArgumentParser.parseArgs (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/argparse/lib/argument_parser.js:239:10)
   						      at ArgumentParser.parser.parseArgs (../../lib/parser.js:752:29)
   						      at main$ (../../lib/main.js:146:4)
   						      at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
   						      at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
   						      at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
   						      at invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
   						      at enqueueResult (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:185:17)
   						      at F (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.export.js:30:36)
   						      at AsyncIterator.enqueue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:184:12)
   						      at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
   						      at Object.runtime.async (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:209:12)
   						      at main (../../lib/main.js:152:13)
   						      at asyncify (lib/asyncbox.js:65:15)
   						      at Object.<anonymous> (../../lib/main.js:183:2)
   						      at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
   						      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
   						      at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
   						      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
   						      at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
   						      at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
   						      at run (bootstrap_node.js:423:7)
   						      at startup (bootstrap_node.js:147:9)
   						      at bootstrap_node.js:538:3

[imurchie]

What is the command that is being generated to invoke Appium?

[mykola-mokhnach]

.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOCAL_TIMEZONE, "true")  

Probably, it expects boolean true rather than String one

[vikramvi]

@mykola-mokhnach @imurchie Please clarify if this appium server side issue or appium java client ?

.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOCAL_TIMEZONE, true)
throws below compilation error

The method withArgument(ServerArgument, String) in the type AppiumServiceBuilder is not applicable for the arguments (GeneralServerFlag, boolean)

cc: @TikhomirovSergey

[mykola-mokhnach]

try to skip the second argument at all: withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOCAL_TIMEZONE)

[vikramvi]

@mykola-mokhnach your suggestion worked perfectly.

Now the remaining bug is; if someone wants to set explicit value for this argument say true / false , how it can be done ?

[mykola-mokhnach]

For this particular flag there are two possible states - it either exists or not. So, setting the falue to "false" should just emulate the argument is not present. Anyway, this is an enhancement request to java client itself.

[vikramvi]

@mykola-mokhnach I think this is a bug and not an enhancement.

As per https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/server-args.md, default value is false and user needs to pass true flag for this

To get it work for now, I'm just adding the flag and it's taking its value as true by default instead of false as per documentation

have opened new issue appium/java-client#694

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