--- title: How Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system description: Learn how Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system using physical and logical clocks. Explore common misconceptions about time and the two main... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-synchronizes-time-across-their-distributed-system-tol9kx8mu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system | daily.dev og:description: Learn how Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system using physical and logical clocks. Explore common misconceptions about time and the two main... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-synchronizes-time-across-their-distributed-system-tol9kx8mu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tOl9kx8MU.png og:image:alt: How Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system **[Quastor Daily](https://daily.dev/sources/quastor)** · 9 min read · 32 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn how Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system using physical and logical clocks. Explore common misconceptions about time and the two main methods for measuring time in distributed systems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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New knowledge to me. --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#distributed-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/distributed-systems), [#stripe](https://daily.dev/tags/stripe) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-synchronizes-time-across-their-distributed-system-tol9kx8mu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-synchronizes-time-across-their-distributed-system-tol9kx8mu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-stripe-synchronizes-time-across-their-distributed-system-tol9kx8mu"},"datePublished":"2024-05-16T20:45:23.054Z","dateModified":"2024-11-16T02:21:42.718Z","description":"Learn how Stripe synchronizes time across their distributed system using physical and logical clocks. 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