Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I need something discreet to document my neighbor's barking dog. She claims I am "exaggerating" the situation, her other neighbor is legitimately deaf, so it's my word against hers to the HOA board. I hope proof will be forthcoming, ma'am. (I am an animal lover and have 2 well trained dogs, so don't judge me for not wanting to be awakened before dawn by a yapping demon.) My only real complaint is that I am unable to get the date/time setting to work. It reverts to a 2019 date/time every time. This makes it difficult to prove that it was actually 5:13 a.m. when the dog started barking outside my bedroom window. I am an experienced computer user, so am well acquainted with creating/saving text files. Other than the date/time complaint, I think this could be an excellent product. It is easy to conceal - I use a small piece of adhesive Velcro to attach it to the trunk of a silk tree on my covered patio. It is invisible to anyone who doesn't know it's there. The voice activated sound setting works well. It came on a couple of times during the night and clearly recorded cars/sirens. Early morning, there was even a bird singing in addition to the beastly dog. Recordings are clear, it picks up outdoor "white noise" as I would expect, but the birds, dog, and other prevalent sounds are very clear and easy to identify. Connecting to laptop computer to access files is very straightforward and easy. I wouldn't record my next album with it, but that is not the intended purpose of this recorder. If I can't get the date/time to work properly, I will be returning it since I need to prove when the events happen. Otherwise, it does a good job at what it is designed to do. UPDATE EDIT: I got date/time function to work. If I only edited/saved the existing time.txt file with the correct date and time it did not work. If I deleted or renamed the existing file and created a NEW time.txt file it works like a charm! Follow the instructions for entering the info, but be sure to create a new file. I gave it another star!