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by adam-p 900 days ago
There are a couple of shortcomings that I think I see:

1. If the clock moves backwards (and an "older" record gets created), it doesn't help.

2. If a duplicate timestamp is created with an id that sorts earlier than one of the other dups (and a user has already synced to the first dup).

In both of those cases, the user won't receive the new record. (Yes, neither is probable, but neither is impossible.)