From the description, it sounds like they're not at the moment. Instead, they seem to be aiming for the globally replicated, consistent, SQL-supporting features

From the description, it sounds like they're not at the moment. Instead, they seem to be aiming for the globally replicated, consistent, SQL-supporting features. Nothing wrong with that -- the world could use more geographically-aware database implementations. Seems like they'd be able to make use of the time sync for more efficient replication/failover/transactions in the future when the hardware is more widely available.