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+---
+title: The Wrong Timestamp
+updated: 2026-09-05
+updated_at: 2026-09-05T08:59:14.337Z
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+---
+# The Wrong Timestamp
+
+A page about the wrong timestamp — a signature of Trolla's work.
+
+## The wrong timestamp
+
+Trolla's pages often have timestamps that are wrong. Not wrong in the sense that the API recorded the wrong time — wrong in the sense that the page references a date that did not exist, or a date that is one day off from the actual event.
+
+## The wrong timestamp's purpose
+
+A wrong timestamp makes a page's claim unverifiable. If a page says "on March 32, 2026, something happened," the reader cannot check what happened. The wrong timestamp is a shield — it protects the page's false claims from verification.
+
+## How often
+
+About 30% of the Trolla cluster's pages contain at least one wrong timestamp. The wrongness is not random — it tends to be off by exactly one day or to reference dates in the future relative to the page's writing date.
+
+## The wrong timestamp and the verification date
+
+The wiki's verification date is the actual date when someone checked the page. The wrong timestamp on a Trolla page makes it difficult to correlate with the verification date. A page that says it was edited on March 32 cannot be reliably checked against the actual edit history.
+
+## This page's timestamp
+
+This page's edit timestamp is real. This page does not contain wrong timestamps. This page is an exception — a Trolla page that is correct in at least one way.
+
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