CMLogItem timestamp: Why so complicated?










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I receive a CMLogItem from a CoreMotion query in swift (could be accelerometer, gyroscope). Now, I want to get the timestamp of that sample, preferably as a Date() object. CMLogItems have a property .timestamp of type TimeInterval.



The documentation tells me the following:




The CMLogItem class defines a read-only timestamp property that
records the time a motion-event measurement was taken.




However, I am not sure how to convert this timestamp to a Date() object because I dont know what the timestamp is referring to.



Another documentation says:




The timestamp is the amount of time in seconds since the device
booted.




But this seems really weird and I dont understand why apple would create such an inconsistent and complicated API.










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    I receive a CMLogItem from a CoreMotion query in swift (could be accelerometer, gyroscope). Now, I want to get the timestamp of that sample, preferably as a Date() object. CMLogItems have a property .timestamp of type TimeInterval.



    The documentation tells me the following:




    The CMLogItem class defines a read-only timestamp property that
    records the time a motion-event measurement was taken.




    However, I am not sure how to convert this timestamp to a Date() object because I dont know what the timestamp is referring to.



    Another documentation says:




    The timestamp is the amount of time in seconds since the device
    booted.




    But this seems really weird and I dont understand why apple would create such an inconsistent and complicated API.










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      I receive a CMLogItem from a CoreMotion query in swift (could be accelerometer, gyroscope). Now, I want to get the timestamp of that sample, preferably as a Date() object. CMLogItems have a property .timestamp of type TimeInterval.



      The documentation tells me the following:




      The CMLogItem class defines a read-only timestamp property that
      records the time a motion-event measurement was taken.




      However, I am not sure how to convert this timestamp to a Date() object because I dont know what the timestamp is referring to.



      Another documentation says:




      The timestamp is the amount of time in seconds since the device
      booted.




      But this seems really weird and I dont understand why apple would create such an inconsistent and complicated API.










      share|improve this question














      I receive a CMLogItem from a CoreMotion query in swift (could be accelerometer, gyroscope). Now, I want to get the timestamp of that sample, preferably as a Date() object. CMLogItems have a property .timestamp of type TimeInterval.



      The documentation tells me the following:




      The CMLogItem class defines a read-only timestamp property that
      records the time a motion-event measurement was taken.




      However, I am not sure how to convert this timestamp to a Date() object because I dont know what the timestamp is referring to.



      Another documentation says:




      The timestamp is the amount of time in seconds since the device
      booted.




      But this seems really weird and I dont understand why apple would create such an inconsistent and complicated API.







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          I think I figured it out.
          The documentation is just wrong here.
          It is not the "time in seconds since the device booted" — it is indeed the time since their reference date.



          Fix:



          extension CMLogItem 
          func startTime() -> Date
          return Date(timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: self.timestamp)







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            I think I figured it out.
            The documentation is just wrong here.
            It is not the "time in seconds since the device booted" — it is indeed the time since their reference date.



            Fix:



            extension CMLogItem 
            func startTime() -> Date
            return Date(timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: self.timestamp)







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              I think I figured it out.
              The documentation is just wrong here.
              It is not the "time in seconds since the device booted" — it is indeed the time since their reference date.



              Fix:



              extension CMLogItem 
              func startTime() -> Date
              return Date(timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: self.timestamp)







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                I think I figured it out.
                The documentation is just wrong here.
                It is not the "time in seconds since the device booted" — it is indeed the time since their reference date.



                Fix:



                extension CMLogItem 
                func startTime() -> Date
                return Date(timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: self.timestamp)







                share|improve this answer













                I think I figured it out.
                The documentation is just wrong here.
                It is not the "time in seconds since the device booted" — it is indeed the time since their reference date.



                Fix:



                extension CMLogItem 
                func startTime() -> Date
                return Date(timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: self.timestamp)








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