diff --git a/private/compat/26.0/26.0.ignore.cil b/private/compat/26.0/26.0.ignore.cil
index 8f09353873f3dc8351bbfbc983f6d684aa66417c..2c38deb1aa2dae539e294dfc15c6db42e830ec47 100644
--- a/private/compat/26.0/26.0.ignore.cil
+++ b/private/compat/26.0/26.0.ignore.cil
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     thermalserviced
     thermalserviced_exec
     thermalserviced_tmpfs
+    time_prop
     timedetector_service
     timezone_service
     timezonedetector_service
diff --git a/private/compat/27.0/27.0.ignore.cil b/private/compat/27.0/27.0.ignore.cil
index fe9887e8eb662595b56fe5d93414c1169ccef765..3b3f6f81451db86888bcf31a3eb62323275eb7bf 100644
--- a/private/compat/27.0/27.0.ignore.cil
+++ b/private/compat/27.0/27.0.ignore.cil
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     system_boot_reason_prop
     system_update_service
     test_boot_reason_prop
+    time_prop
     timedetector_service
     timezonedetector_service
     tombstone_wifi_data_file
diff --git a/private/property_contexts b/private/property_contexts
index 8befae52ab76fb43ae172e5a85faeecac6f42115..6ebad359115484e516c5744d773449e6242a9cd5 100644
--- a/private/property_contexts
+++ b/private/property_contexts
@@ -146,3 +146,6 @@ odm.                    u:object_r:vendor_default_prop:s0
 persist.odm.            u:object_r:vendor_default_prop:s0
 persist.vendor.         u:object_r:vendor_default_prop:s0
 vendor.                 u:object_r:vendor_default_prop:s0
+
+# Properties that relate to time / time zone detection behavior.
+persist.time.           u:object_r:time_prop:s0
diff --git a/private/radio.te b/private/radio.te
index b4f539048f3b56816ff9f011a6d1cf0349d6ef6b..9ac2cf17f022c7b75dd88305f6957de5271f9310 100644
--- a/private/radio.te
+++ b/private/radio.te
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ typeattribute radio coredomain;
 app_domain(radio)
 
 read_runtime_log_tags(radio)
+
+# Telephony code contains time / time zone detection logic so it reads the associated properties.
+get_prop(radio, time_prop)
diff --git a/private/system_server.te b/private/system_server.te
index bbd4abe3c1b868ff8e2cea9accf93ee71517642a..a838d3fc77ec280a4df65a5765ce1bca6498aa39 100644
--- a/private/system_server.te
+++ b/private/system_server.te
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ userdebug_or_eng(`
 allow system_server functionfs:dir search;
 allow system_server functionfs:file rw_file_perms;
 
+# system_server contains time / time zone detection logic so reads the associated properties.
+get_prop(system_server, time_prop)
+
 ###
 ### Neverallow rules
 ###
diff --git a/public/property.te b/public/property.te
index 09200b836925496d4c1d0423ac39aad4cbc51765..b57cc6fda36a3a6bebdbfa6e2d4787ba8717e033 100644
--- a/public/property.te
+++ b/public/property.te
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type system_boot_reason_prop, property_type;
 type system_prop, property_type, core_property_type;
 type system_radio_prop, property_type, core_property_type;
 type test_boot_reason_prop, property_type;
+type time_prop, property_type;
 type traced_enabled_prop, property_type;
 type vold_prop, property_type, core_property_type;
 type wifi_log_prop, property_type, log_property_type;
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ compatible_property_only(`
     -system_prop
     -system_radio_prop
     -test_boot_reason_prop
+    -time_prop
     -traced_enabled_prop
     -vendor_default_prop
     -vendor_security_patch_level_prop