Date water-marked - mobile phone camera

[bk T]

Is there a way to have the date stamp on photos taken with mobile phones?

[kenj]

Do you mean, on the image you see on your phone or on prints you do from your phone?

Ken

[bk T]

Both. on the image and physical print.

[kenj]

Not sure about the digital image but I use (for SWMBO) a Canon Selphy dye sublimation 6x4 printer which allows the date printed on the photo. Very long life method of printing.

Ken

[psycik]

There’s probably an app that can date stamp a image.

Failing that you can do it when you dump it on pc.

[Beav]

Mine can, android. In the camera settings; Watermark, date & time.

[Roscoe]

I wonder why they call it a watermark. It doesn't look anything like a watermark.

A watermark is a figure or design impressed in some paper during manufacture, only visible when the paper is held up to the light.

So where do they get watermark from?

[Zippity]

Courtesy of Wiki:

A watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light (or when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background), caused by thickness or density variations in the paper.[1] Watermarks have been used on postage stamps, currency, and other government documents to discourage counterfeiting. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the dandy roll process, and the more complex cylinder mould process.

Watermarks vary greatly in their visibility; while some are obvious on casual inspection, others require some study to pick out. Various aids have been developed, such as watermark fluid that wets the paper without damaging it. A watermark is very useful in the examination of paper because it can be used for dating, identifying sizes, mill trademarks and locations, and determining the quality of a sheet of paper.

The word is also used for digital practices that share similarities with physical watermarks. In one case, overprint on computer-printed output may be used to identify output from an unlicensed trial version of a program. In another instance, identifying codes can be encoded as a digital watermark for a music, video, picture, or other file.

[1101]

So where do they get watermark from?

"digital overlay of time and date" is a bit of a mouthfull.
Watermark is just easier to say & everyone knows what is implied by that term.

Being really pedantic : real watermarks arnt made with water , so cant use that word at all. Ever .