# What do these bracketed numbers next to latency in the in-game clock mean?

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**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/what-do-these-bracketed-numbers-next-to-latency-in-the-in-game-clock-mean/290193 "2026-10-02T17:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hjoerleif](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/hjoerleif/32/119250_2.png) [@Hjoerleif](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Hjoerleif)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/what-do-these-bracketed-numbers-next-to-latency-in-the-in-game-clock-mean/290193/1 "2026-10-02T17:25:12Z")

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“(0|5|20|1)”

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**Author:** ![Aziz](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/aziz/32/215228_2.png) [@Aziz](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Aziz)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/what-do-these-bracketed-numbers-next-to-latency-in-the-in-game-clock-mean/290193/2 "2026-10-02T18:25:58Z")

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I also opened the issue with more information.

> [@F11 overlay: What do the parenthesis numbers of L= latency, T= mean?](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/f11-overlay-what-do-the-parenthesis-numbers-of-l-latency-t-mean/290195):
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> Hi all, I’m trying to understand the numbers shown by the F11 debug overlay. I don’t understand what the numbers in parentheses mean, or what T= means. During a match, it shows something like: x, 14, 8, 1 Only x fluctuates; the other three values stay the same. After the match, on the return to map / post-game screen, it shows: 7, 7, 15, 1 In skirmish, T= appears to represent the actual realtime clock, and L= is always L=0, for example: (0, 1, 62, 1) Could someone explain: Wh…

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**Author:** ![Ekarlath](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ekarlath/32/146833_2.png) [@Ekarlath](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Ekarlath)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/what-do-these-bracketed-numbers-next-to-latency-in-the-in-game-clock-mean/290193/3 "2026-10-02T19:14:42Z")

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Maybe the packet loos on every latency test or are those numbers never changing ?