Problem with tracking last refresh

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I would like my device handler to report the last time it was refreshed. I tried this code to get current time:

def dateTime = new Date()
def now = dateTime.format("HH:mm", location.timeZone)
    log.debug now

and get a null pointer
As well as

   def start = timeToday("HH:mm", location.timeZone)

which says

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: TimeZone not found in time input string or provided as a second parameter.