The driveway clip appears an hour before the front-door clip, even though both show the same arrival. Before deciding that one camera failed to record the approach, compare the clocks and time zones used by the devices and the viewing app. The event may be present under an unexpected time.
Use a harmless, known event for the comparison. Note the actual local time, then review how the camera overlay, event list and exported file describe it. Those labels may not all represent the same thing. A downloaded file's creation date, for example, should not automatically be treated as the moment the camera recorded the scene.
Reolink's time-setting documentation distinguishes time zone, daylight-saving settings and synchronization methods, with differences among device types. That illustrates why copying a menu sequence from another model is less useful than finding the settings for the actual camera or recorder.
Keep the original evidence intact
If you are reviewing an event that may matter, save the original clip through the supported process before changing settings. Note the observed discrepancy separately. Do not edit a timestamp into the footage to make it appear corrected or discard the original because its time looks inconvenient.
Check whether the camera, recorder and phone are set to the intended location. A property in another time zone can make the phone's local display especially confusing. Read the app's explanation of which zone it uses rather than assuming every screen follows the property clock.
If the difference is close to an hour, daylight-saving configuration is one possibility, but it is not proof. If the clock drifts or repeatedly returns to an old value, record that behavior and seek the manufacturer's troubleshooting advice. Changing a time manually each week may hide an unresolved synchronization issue.
After an approved correction, create another known event and compare the displays again. Check more than one camera if the system has several. A recorder-wide setting and a standalone camera setting may have different scopes, so one corrected screen does not establish that the entire installation agrees.
Keep a short note of the change and the previous discrepancy. That helps when reviewing older footage captured before the correction. It also prevents another household member from making a second adjustment because they are looking at a different time display.
Accurate time is part of making recordings understandable. It does not make the footage more complete or establish facts beyond what the image shows. The practical aim is to align the system's current records and preserve a clear explanation of any older mismatch.
