Pokégear/Core series games/Time

Included in with the Pokégear, the time function is the most basic feature. The Pokégear will display the time of day using the  as well as the day of the week. It runs off the time that the undefined input at the beginning of the game.

A glitch in Gold and Silver will change the day if the functions are scrolled through; this was addressed in Crystal.

In non-Japanese releases of Gold, Silver, and Crystal and non-Korean releases of Gold and Silver, the player's will set  accordingly, except if it's between 11:00 PM and 12:59 AM in-game, in which the game prevents this due to the day of the week changing. When this occurs, she will claim that she lost the instruction booklet for the Pokégear, although not during the initial setup process.

In, the time will always be displayed on the top screen of the DS. However, unlike in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the time is displayed using the instead of the  and runs on the Nintendo DS's internal clock, much like the Pokétch. There is also a wireless signal measurement next to the time, though it has no purpose and always displays the same.