# Is there a way to take a picture and prove later it was taken on a specific day??

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**Created:** [December 21, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-picture-and-prove-later-it-was-taken-on-a-specific-day/46729 "2000-12-21T17:50:51Z")\
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Go to a ball game. Take a selfie in front of the scoreboard showing the teams and the score. Hold your ticket where the date can be seen.

If that isn’t good enough, then **none of us** can show we were here on any given date! Might as well just let the zombies eat you.

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> As noted, by the OP, 25 years ago, that’s pretty easy to change in the camera, before taking the picture.

Also, I think that there might have been some changes in INS policies and procedures since then.

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Starting with the fact that INS no longer exists…

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> [@sdimbert](#):
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> Notary publics are not, “completely unreliable” as far as the law is concerned. Maybe you don’t like them… but it seems to me that INS would _have to_ accept their sig and stamp.
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> This is _exactly_ the kind of thing NP’s are for. They sign to witness things that can not otherwise be proven authentic.
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> Get a Notary. Case closed.

When I did my mortgage refi, the notary took my thumbprint. Between that and the dates of the entries in their notary book before and after my notice, I think that should handle things. Assuming they’ve been a notary for awhile and keep being a notary.

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I think the INS needs to have so damned good magicians on call.

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