TrueTime

Assess

Techniques

Google's time synchronization API for providing tightly bounded clock uncertainty.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by product launches, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

7InfoQ·10/7/2026product_launch
Spanner Omni Goes GA with Software-Based Time and Storage Abstractions
Google has generally available Spanner Omni, letting the distributed SQL database run on-premises, across clouds, or on a laptop. The design replaces dependence on Colossus and TrueTime with software-based abstractions, but it does not include an availability SLA and may trade off latency and operational complexity.