timestamps

Code Ape Tech Column

Feb 19, 2021 · Databases

Understanding Timestamps in Distributed Transactions: TSO, TrueTime, Lamport Clock, and HLC

This article explains the role of timestamps in distributed transaction processing, comparing implementations such as MVCC‑based TSO, Google’s TrueTime, Lamport logical clocks, and Hybrid Logical Clocks, and discusses their impact on linearizability, consistency guarantees, and practical designs like TiDB Async Commit.