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In a typical single-server setup, timestamps remain consistent; however, in a Ditto mesh where there are multiple Small Peer devices distributed across the network, each device may operate on its own time. This can lead to discrepancies where a document's timestamp may seem ahead or documents created simultaneously have different timestamps.

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Timestamps - Ditto

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In a typical single-server setup, timestamps remain consistent; however, in a Ditto mesh where there are multiple Small Peer devices distributed across the network, each device may operate on its own time. This can lead to discrepancies where a document's timestamp may seem ahead or documents created simultaneously have different timestamps.

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Timestamps - Ditto

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In a typical single-server setup, timestamps remain consistent; however, in a Ditto mesh where there are multiple Small Peer devices distributed across the network, each device may operate on its own time. This can lead to discrepancies where a document's timestamp may seem ahead or documents created simultaneously have different timestamps.

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