Time Machine seems confused - can somebody explain what I am seeing?

This is on my new MacBook Pro retina 13 inch. And I just started using Time Machine with it about 10 days ago.
I was just looking at a certain folder via Time Machine and found the following strange results, as I "go back in time."
Now: a folder and 3 files (that is correct).
Today at 12:47 pm: 1 file (that is correct, because I created the folder after that, and added the 3 files).
Today at 12:47 pm: no content - why is this entry even here? It's time-stamped the same as the later one.
Today at 11:46 am: a folder and 3 files! The same as "Now." Why would that be? It doesn't make any sense.
Today at 11:45 am: the same folder and 3 files as "Now" - with a time-stamp one minute earlier.
Today at 11:45 am: a repeated entry.
It seems to be confused with all the entries prior to Today at 12:47 pm.
Any idea why?
Thanks,
Doug

Anyway, I see what the Time Machine problem is. It is an artifact resulting from the fact that the finder window I was examining is on an external monitor.
Time Machine displays on the MBP monitor, but none of the items are selectable, and some entries are incorrect.
If I move the finder window to my MBP display and run Time Machine the entries are correct and selectable.
So Time Machine apparently just doesn't play well with what is showing on an external monitor.
AppleCare's response to that was: "Well, that is odd."
Anyway, that is how it appears to work. I'll just make sure to not use Time Machine with a finder window on an external monitor for now.
I don't know whether to mark this as "resolved" or not. I think I will, but Time Machine does seem to have a bug regarding finder windows on external monitors.
doug

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