Unix time in oat-record

jonnew / Oat

Real-time position tracker for behavioral research

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Unix time in oat-record #25

Open mmyros opened 8 years ago

mmyros commented 8 years ago

Hi Jon,

My colleague asked me if it is possible to save "unix time" in the json file in addition to sample number. This is needed to match open-ephys and webcam. An OE plugin for this has already been created. Is it possible to do this with Oat? Also, what are your thoughts on reliability of such timestamps?

Thanks!

jonnew commented 8 years ago

Yes.

I'm currently doing an oat-record refactor that will allow each sample to be published with a timestamp. Maybe a week to get that done.
Timestamps across computers will not be comparable unless you are careful to synchronize the computers using an NTP before each run. They will drift after each sync.