一个有趣的例外是Spanner中的Google TrueTime API 【41】,它明确地报告了本地时钟的置信区间。当你询问当前时间时,你会得到两个值:[最早,最晚],这是最早可能的时间戳和最晚可能的时间戳。在不确定性估计的基础上,时钟知道当前的实际时间落在该区间内。区间的宽度取决于自从本地石英钟最后与更精确的时钟源同步以来已经过了多长时间。
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[^译著1]: 原诗为:Hey I just met you. The network’s laggy. But here’s my data. So store it maybe.Hey, 应改编自《Call Me Maybe》歌词:I just met you, And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?