[DJI-log-discuss] Unix or GPS timestamps in TXT logs

[Ross Finlayson]

> On Jan 3, 2023, at 3:25 PM, Jillson, Carlos <carlos.jillson at sinclair.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello to the mailing list,
> 
> Trying to find a timestamp in Phantom text logs that I can sync up with Zulu time. I noticed comments referencing Unix timestamps in the documentation for the CUSTOM.updateTime and DETAILS.timestamp values. 
> 
> Uncertain about what exactly those two fields are. DETAILS.timestamp seems to have the same value down the entire column. CUSTOM.updateTime increments, but doesn't seem to be formatted the way I expect for a UNIX timestamp and does not seem to include milliseconds.

Of those two, “CUSTOM.updateTime” is what you want.  It’s an 8-byte little-endian value, in milliseconds.

See line 39 of “parseRecord_CUSTOM.cpp", and line 128 of “parseFieldWithinRecord.cpp”.


Ross Finlayson
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