The database server uses a time stamp to identify a time when an event occurred relative to other events of the same kind. The time stamp is not a literal time that refers to a specific hour, minute, or second. It is a 4-byte integer that the database server assigns sequentially. When the database server compares two time stamps, its algorithm accounts for the possibility that wraparound has occurred.
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