From de7d5e7c7e0e33a7815661007f52c5df10e3b8c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kerry <kerrya@element.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:03:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] handle safari cocoa core data timestamps (#8440)

---
 src/utils/beacon/geolocation.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/beacon/geolocation.ts b/src/utils/beacon/geolocation.ts
index 330651b520..e8923afbf2 100644
--- a/src/utils/beacon/geolocation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/beacon/geolocation.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,13 @@ export const genericPositionFromGeolocation = (geoPosition: GeolocationPosition)
     const {
         latitude, longitude, altitude, accuracy,
     } = geoPosition.coords;
+
     return {
-        timestamp: geoPosition.timestamp,
+        // safari reports geolocation timestamps as Apple Cocoa Core Data timestamp
+        // or ms since 1/1/2001 instead of the regular epoch
+        // they also use local time, not utc
+        // to simplify, just use Date.now()
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
         latitude, longitude, altitude, accuracy,
     };
 };