Phil,
You have a NVDS55 - you lucky man!!! One of the best camcorders I've ever owned, and I wish I could buy one now! Just pray it never breaks (mine did

), as the new ones on the market are plain crummy - I've rambled on about this on a thread.

Anyway, the mention of the NVDS55 just brings back happy memories ...
As for the Date/Time problem ... not sure if Date/Time is passed down Firewire in this manner. As far as I know, Firewire (DV in) just passes the video/audio data which is recorded. The DS55 has the option of displaying the Date/Time during playback (so no problem if you're recording using composite out to video). What you may want to do is to record the Date/Time onto the Tape as part of the video recording - that way, if it's sent down the firewire cable, it'll be included for recording BUT I think you need to buy a special DV tape for that ... I know a few were out on the market which recorded Date/Time onto the video part of the image instead of on the Date/Time strip of the tape.
Anyway, keep having fun with that DS55.
