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by electricshampo1 1797 days ago
This is just best effort on google's end right? Don't think anything is documented/guaranteed such that you would be able to, for ex. rely on it like spanner's use of true time.
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Sure, you'd have to invent the rest, but TrueTime isn't about having perfect clocks, it's about estimating the error of your peer's clocks. Having a reasonable platform clock is a good starting point, and addresses the problems discussed in the Jane Street article.