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I apparently accidentally started my phone stopwatch over two years ago (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Work phone so I don't use the clock much

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[–] 117 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

Surely you must have rebooted it since then? It's possible it could last through a reboot I guess, since it's only displaying the difference between current_time and start_time, not actually counting every millisecond when it's in the background.

Edit: ok, yeah, I just tried it: reboots don't reset the stopwatch, whaddya know!

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I started a stopwatch on my ipod touch back in 2011 and it was still going last time I found and charged it up around 2017.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    wait i thought ipod touches didn't have an rtc inside? my ipod touch 2g always returns to jan 1 1970 after the battery runs out

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    It just has to record the start time, then show the duration between the current clock time and the saved start time. As long as the clock can still sync or be manually set after being charged, there's no reason it shouldn't work.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    yes but i think the stopwatch on mine just reset after booting with 1970 date. its been quite a while since i used it so my memory could be corrupt tho

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Could be. I have no idea how it's implemented in this specific device/app. It might immediately resume tracking the duration when it boots (or you opened the app before correcting the time) and cancels the stopwatch when it finds the start time is seemingly in the future. If I still had my iPod Touch, I'd try to find out — decent nerd sniping opportunity.

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