# Capture device system clock

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [June 13, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979 "2020-06-13T12:44:16Z")
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### Author: ![tronman53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tronman53](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tronman53)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979/1 "2020-06-13T12:44:16Z")

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Is there a way to capture a device’s system clock without using external sources?  
My apps need to capture the device’s system clock to properly time stamp an event.  
The MIT App Inventor 2 has blocks to capture time.now. I wonder if there exists such blocks on thunkable?

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### Author: ![bobsunscreen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bobsunscreen/32/85667_2.png) [@bobsunscreen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bobsunscreen)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979/2 "2020-06-13T12:51:52Z")

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If you click on the “device” category in the left navigation bar in Thunkable, you can use use “current hour” and “current minute” blocks to retrieve the time:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-06-13 at 8.52.11 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/8/88f1645b315bb97e83f00820221ceeccf9c05e38.png)

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### Author: ![tronman53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tronman53](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tronman53)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979/3 "2020-06-13T12:53:04Z")

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thank you

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### Author: ![zbk0612eip8w](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ab992/32.png) [@zbk0612eip8w](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zbk0612eip8w)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979/4 "2020-06-13T13:42:13Z")

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In the device option, you can find the block in there. Here is an example where i also programmed it to chime once every 15 minutes and can also be done with that monitor button:  
[https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5ecdfa7c2f68d15aa9d58f04](https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5ecdfa7c2f68d15aa9d58f04)  
you can also remix by this link [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/3e2126a3114cdc078966df1ab61257e9](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/3e2126a3114cdc078966df1ab61257e9)  
(The share link will expire at 5:41 PM Aug 12, 2020)

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/capture-device-system-clock/612979/5 "2024-11-08T11:27:08Z")

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