[Bug] BlockBlock 2.5.2 displays alert timestamps in UTC instead of local time
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 64/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- objective-c
- Domain
- desktop, localization
Research direction
Start in Daemon/Daemon/Event.m and trace how ALERT_TIMESTAMP reaches the UI helper through the existing XPC path. Replace the string-based timestamp flow with a date value and format it for the logged-in user’s timezone and locale. Done means alerts display local, localized timestamps instead of UTC while retaining the correct date and time.
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Description
My Mac is set to America/Sao_Paulo (UTC−03), but BlockBlock 2.5.2 displays alert timestamps in UTC.
Actual: 2026-09-28 12:57:27 AM +00
Expected: 2026-09-27 9:57:27 PM -03
In Daemon/Daemon/Event.m, the timestamp is generated using NSDate.description:
alert[ALERT_TIMESTAMP] =
(nil != self.file.timestamp.description)
? self.file.timestamp.description
: self.timestamp.description;
The UI helper then displays this string directly:
self.timeStamp.stringValue = self.alert[ALERT_TIMESTAMP];
Could alert timestamps use the user’s local timezone? Ideally, the daemon would send the date over XPC, and the UI helper would format it using the logged-in user’s timezone and locale.
Thank you!
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