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Using "Earliest" ensures that the same behavior of consuming offsets for new partitions is maintained.

The timestamp specified offset strategy only affects existing partitions and can start from a certain point in middle of offset range . It should not be used for new partitions.

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For example, if the timestamp is set to tomorrow at 7:00, partitions created before 7:00 tomorrow will be consumed from the latest offset of discovered moment, while partitions created after 7:00 tomorrow will be consumed from the earliest offset.

The timestamp strategy only affects existing partitions and can start from a certain point in middle of time range. It should not be used for new partitions.

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