[razzeee]

Problem

Android message timestamps follow the locale default instead of the system's 12/24-hour setting. An en-US device configured for 24-hour time still shows 3:46 PM.

Change

Read the existing native clock preference, memoize the message formatter, and refresh it when the app returns to the foreground. Include the formatter in the feed's extra data so visible user and assistant messages update. Use h23 for midnight as 00:xx, preserving locale defaults outside Android.

Scope and approval

Small, focused fix for an existing formatting bug. Replaces PR #23560, with successful Android verification following the request for a fresh submission.

Verification

• Android 16 emulator with en-US locale: the old locale-only formatter shows 3:46 PM with the system set to 24-hour time; the fixed formatter shows 15:46.
• Existing messages update from 3:46 PM to 15:46 and back after changing Android's setting and foregrounding the app, without restarting it.
• Checked timestamp rendering in light and dark appearance.
• vp run check:changed passed formatting, lint, knip, affected-package typechecks, all 3 formatter tests, and 8 relevant React compiler checks.
• Tests cover both preference/locale mismatches, midnight, locale defaults, and invalid timestamps. Full suites remain for CI; iOS was not device-tested.

Before/after Android screenshots have been captured. The author will upload and embed them here after creation.

Model: GPT-6 Astra. Harness: OpenCode.

Before

After

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Message timestamps now follow Android’s system clock preference and refresh when the app returns to the foreground. The new line-level oxlint suppression requires human review under the repository’s explicit approval requirements.

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Walkthrough

The mobile thread feed now formats message times with a formatter that can use Android’s 12-hour or 24-hour clock preference. The hook refreshes that preference when the app returns to the foreground.

Changes: Message-time formatting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Formatter and clock preference apps/mobile/src/features/threads/messageTimestamp.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/useMessageTimeFormatter.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/messageTimestamp.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/filePreview.test.ts	The formatter accepts an optional Intl.DateTimeFormat and can select a 12-hour or 24-hour cycle. The hook reads Android’s preference and refreshes it when the app returns to the foreground. Tests cover both hour-cycle settings, and the Expo mock adds the native-module method.
Thread feed integration apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx	ThreadFeed obtains the formatter from the hook and passes it through list appearance data to feed entries, which use it to format message times.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant useMessageTimeFormatter
  participant T3NativeControls
  participant createMessageTimeFormatter
  participant ThreadFeed
  participant renderFeedEntry
  useMessageTimeFormatter->>T3NativeControls: read Android clock preference
  useMessageTimeFormatter->>createMessageTimeFormatter: create formatter for preference
  useMessageTimeFormatter-->>ThreadFeed: return formatter
  ThreadFeed->>renderFeedEntry: pass formatter to feed entry

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Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 1e0c8

Android message timestamps now follow the system 12/24-hour setting and refresh when the app returns to the foreground. Other platforms keep locale defaults. No merge-blocking risk was found.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: Android message timestamps now follow the system 12/24-hour clock setting. It uses the conventional commit form with a clear scope. The changeset adds a native clock-p…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem and Change sections are clear and specific. The Scope section links the replaced PR #23560 a…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: Android message timestamps now follow the system 12/24-hour clock setting. It uses the conventional commit form with a clear scope. The changeset adds a native clock-preference read, a memoized formatter, and a foreground refresh, all of which serve that fix.

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Explanation

The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem and Change sections are clear and specific. The Scope section links the replaced PR #23560 and states it is a bug fix for an existing formatting bug. Verification lists concrete emulator checks, test results, and what was not tested (iOS). The template asks for a link to the issue that shows the bug. The description links a prior PR, not an issue, and gives no reason why no issue is needed. The template also asks for before/after screenshots, which are referenced but still need to be uploaded and embedded. The author states they will do this after creation.

Resolution

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/features/threads/useMessageTimeFormatter.ts:
- Line 8: Update the existing Android `expo` mock in the `filePreview.test.ts`
test setup to export `requireNativeModule` with an `is24HourFormat` stub, so
mounting `ThreadFeed` reaches the playback assertions. Keep the production
native clock lookup unchanged and do not add a fallback.

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Note

Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Merged current main (b3d437035f)

main's #33189 added date prefixes for older messages (messageTimestamp.ts) and conflicted with this PR in ThreadFeed.tsx. the merge keeps both: formatMessageTimestamp now takes an optional time formatter, and createMessageTimeFormatter passes its hour-cycle formatter into it. older messages show the date plus the time in the android clock format. the formatter tests pin now to the same day so they keep testing the hour cycle. vp run check:changed and the three affected test files passed on blacksmith. the coderabbit finding about the expo mock in filePreview.test.ts was already fixed by a2a023bd5a.

not verified after the merge: a live android run of the date-prefixed format. the earlier emulator pass below covered a2a023bd5a.

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Verified on Android emulator (API 35) against a real dev server (earlier pass by gpt-6.1-sol)

verified head a2a023bd5ac4082aa3027c2d869e2d6603c161a3 on the t3 android emulator with the installed development client, metro, and an isolated vp run dev server. paired the app and completed two real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns in the real server project. no mocks or demo data.

existing user and assistant timestamps changed from 3:50 AM to 03:50 and back after changing android's clock preference and foregrounding the app. the successful settings recording retained the same app process before and after (pid 2569). reopening the thread preserved its messages, and the follow-up turn completed with timestamps in the selected format.

the emulator initially killed the background development client under memory pressure. repeating with 4 gb of emulator memory produced the successful recording below.

all three existing formatter tests passed through blacksmith. github checks are green. no source changes or pushes were needed.

12-hour preference, before switching:

24-hour preference, same messages:

switching from 24-hour to 12-hour time in android settings and returning to the existing thread:

Not verified

ios cannot run on this linux vm. midnight was covered by the existing formatter test, not a live midnight turn. the original behavior was not reproduced on github/main. desktop and web were not exercised in this android verification pass.

[MikaMcFlurry]

Verified on two physical phones. Development client built from 95cb068c10; head is that commit with b3d437035f merged, served by Metro, on the same thread for base and head.

• OnePlus 7 Pro, Android 11, en-US, system set to 24-hour: base shows 4:55 AM on both messages while the status bar shows 04:55. Head shows 04:55.
• Same phone on head: switching the system to 12-hour and back, then returning to the app, changed the existing messages to 4:55 AM and back to 04:55 without restarting it.
• OnePlus 9 Pro, Android 14, de-DE (the opposite mismatch): with the system set to 12-hour, base shows 04:55 and head shows 4:55 AM. At 24-hour, head shows 04:55.

[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

Evidence: Pixel 9 emulator, Android API 36, en-US, light theme, portrait 1080×2424. Separate fresh databases and Metro bundles; same synthetic seed and Replay provider on both commits.

Steps: open the seeded thread in UTC/12-hour mode; enable Android Use 24-hour format and return to T3 Code; relaunch and send 'Second message in 24h mode'; repeat the clock toggle with both existing user and assistant rows visible. Finally select UTC−05:00 and relaunch to inspect midnight timestamps. The initial CLI prompt appears as an Agent context chip; the follow-up is entered through the mobile composer.

Before	After
e2afd2546e	1e0c810e0b
Before: toggle, foreground, relaunch, send	After: toggle, foreground, relaunch, send
Before: existing user and assistant rows retain AM after foregrounding	After: both existing rows update on foregrounding

Scripts: seed, clock interaction, stable capture, reproduction details.

[MikaMcFlurry]

Post-merge confirmation on the same two physical phones and thread, after 1e0c810e0b. Not the merged head itself: the dev client from 95cb068c10 was kept (main has native changes since), with only the PR's net diff at 1e0c810e0b applied on top via Metro. messageTimestamp.test.ts passes there.

• OnePlus 7 Pro, Android 11, en-US: 24-hour 11/13 04:55 → 12-hour 11/13 4:55 AM → 24-hour 11/13 04:55, without restarting the app.
• OnePlus 9 Pro, Android 14, de-DE: 12-hour 13.11. 4:55 AM, 24-hour 13.11. 04:55.