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<h2 class="chapter">21 Date and Time</h2>
<p>This chapter describes functions for manipulating dates and times,
including functions for determining what time it is and conversion
between different time representations.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Time-Basics.html#Time-Basics">Time Basics</a>: Concepts and definitions.
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Elapsed-Time.html#Elapsed-Time">Elapsed Time</a>: Data types to represent elapsed times
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Processor-And-CPU-Time.html#Processor-And-CPU-Time">Processor And CPU Time</a>: Time a program has spent executing.
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Calendar-Time.html#Calendar-Time">Calendar Time</a>: Manipulation of ``real'' dates and times.
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