{
 "id": "esp-timer-get-time-carries-rtc-offset-affects",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "esp_timer_get_time() carries RTC offset; affects cold-boot timing measurements",
 "symptom": "Board timestamps cannot be directly compared to host reset time; board reports t0\u224883 ms when host sees t0\u22480, making absolute boot times appear 83 ms slower than they really are.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3-xiao",
  "esp32-s3-wroom"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux"
 ],
 "intent": "Measure per-stage cold-boot latency on ESP32-S3 with timestamps from esp_timer_get_time()",
 "date": "2026-08-24",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}