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What does created_at mean in the json payload from an Android device? #116

Closed TheQuickster closed 3 years ago

TheQuickster commented 3 years ago

Not an issue but something new/unknown. I've started seeing the following field coming from Owntracks

"_type":"location","acc":22,"alt":257,"batt":93,"bs":1,"created_at":1616985986,"lat":xxxxxxxx,"lon":xxxxxxxxxx,"tid":"5","tst":1616985985,"vac":0,"vel":0}

Just trying to understand what the created_by means. Is that the actual time the point was created vrs when the data can be sent to the server (via http POST). I assumed tst was the creation time of the point?

Does anybody know what this is about. I have not been able to find out what this means from the documentation.

jpmens commented 3 years ago

Thanks for noticing, and sorry we forgot to document this (I've done done so)

created_at identifies the time at which the message is constructed (vs. tst which is the timestamp of the GPS fix) (iOS,Android)