AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'get_device_time'

The problem

When I tried to use driver.get_device_time() method, it threw this error:

AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'get_device_time'

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.16.0
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): N/A
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Windows 10
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v8.11.3
• Npm or Yarn package manager: npm
• Mobile platform/version under test: android 9
• Real device or emulator/simulator: real device
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Appium CLI

Details

1. I start appium service by using this command(before that I updated appium to 1.16.0 by using npm -g update appium):

    appium -p 4723
   

2. I set up the driver on my python script:

   driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps)
   

3. I am trying to get device time by using:

    driver.get_device_time("YYYY-MM-DD HH")
   

4. I ran the python script and it threw the following error:

   AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'get_device_time'
   

However, if I use the appium desktop app(1.16.0) instead of starting appium on cmd line, it worked fine.

[zhengyu88]

I upgraded Appium-Python-Client to 0.49, and it was working, thank you so much!

[ki4070ma]

@zhengyu88 Thanks for your info.

v0.28 doesn’t have get_device_time(), it’s available from v0.35. Please update Appium-Python-Client and try again.

[Notes] Added format to device_time as argument https://github.com/appium/python-client/pull/312

Not sure why it works with below environments from current info.

However, if I use the appium desktop app(1.16.0) instead of starting appium on cmd line, it worked fine.