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.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago (1 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

[–] Kabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

i'm charging up my ipod touch 2g now heh