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Document reason for datastream timestamp field name #5200

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have tried looking at the code and the documentation for datastream. I can not find documentation that describes why a timestamp field is needed on each document.
Rollover is based on index timestamp and each new index is created with a generationId. I can not spot anywhere the timestamp on a document has a technical impact.

Describe the solution you'd like
Update https://opensearch.org/docs/2.10/im-plugin/data-streams/ with a technical reason for the timestamp requiremement on documents.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Make the field optional if it has no functional impact

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