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Please see whether the ApproximateTime filter from the message_filters package works for you.

But just as in Synchronize two subscribed topics (btw, are these questions related?), if you just need to transform data from one frame to another, but in the past, then TF will automatically do that for you, provided you give it the correct timestamps.

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