Colleagues,
Hope this question makes sense
What is the general consensus of how accurate "time stamps" are for events in iOS and Android OS; I am defining "accuracy" by the lag time between an event actually occurring in the real world and the OS updating or recording the time stamp?
For example, my understanding is that Microsoft (I have a link somewhere) only guarantees the time stamps seen in metadata fields such as "Last Printed" or "USB Last Inserted" by plus or minus two hours. My recollection of the explanation is that Windows OS places a relatively low priority on updating time stamps for various activities such as when a user inserted a USB drive and thus the recording/updating of a time stamp within the registry will lag the actual real time the event occurred.
** Do iOS and Android OS systems update or create time stamps in real time when the activity actually occurs (a call is made, a text is sent) or is there a similar known lag time or margin of error time period one must take into consideration when considering time stamps in these operating systems?
I guess I could test this myself, but I am curious if anyone has researched this subject.
Many thanks in advance!
Larry
The clock on ios/android devices can be set by the user so I would never rely on them, even with call records to match up there is always the possibility (however unlikely) the user changes the time/date between call records.
This obviously does not directly answer your question though…
I havent directly researched the time lag however on doing tests for other things I have not noticed a significant lag on dates/times but as I didnt directly check this I couldnt say more than that.