For point-in-time joins, the label/event timestamp should represent:

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The moment features must be known by for a realistic prediction (no future peeking) — Label timestamps define 'what was knowable then' — no future peeking.

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A random future date

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Cluster creation time

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MLflow run end time only

For point-in-time joins, the label/event timestamp should represent:

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