Manually Control Date and Time on Simulator

[Eddy555]

I want to test different times and dates in the Fitbit OS Simulator to make sure they fit on the face properly of my watch face that I've designed.

I can't seem to find a way to manually change those.

Is it possible?

And if so, how do I do it?

[Drifty26 · Accepted solution]

I simply put some debugging code in to set the values that I wanted to test.  After the call to get the current information I checked a debug flag and if set, overwrote the values.

This also makes it easy to generate specific screen shots for submission.

[Eddy555]

Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try.

[MattMack]

You can change the time on whatever the simulator is downloaded on (like a pc), and that should do it, because, I believe, that the sim looks for the time on whatever it's installed.

[morningReign]

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@Eddy555 wrote:

I want to test different times and dates in the Fitbit OS Simulator to make sure they fit on the face properly of my watch face that I've designed.

I can't seem to find a way to manually change those.

Is it possible?

And if so, how do I do it?

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Hello @Eddy555,

The watchfaces I've been working on are very multi-lingual and have sold all over the place. When I move the GPS location around the world, the math based on local time gets hinky, so I have very much the same problem you're reporting, and it kind of threw me at first.

Let me pile on then, cause I do both what @Drifty26 suggests (setting a specific time) for testing specific moments in time (like the summer solstice), and also @MattMack's solution (changing the PC time zone). Before I publish a new revision, I do want to make sure it will work as well in Tokyo as it does in Chicago.

Which I do depends on what I'm doing.