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19. Dates, Times, and Durations

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe the features provided by the time package, which is the part of the standard library responsible for representing moments in time and durations. Table 19-1 puts these features in context.

Table 19-1

Putting Dates, Times, and Durations in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	The features provided by the time package are used to represent specific moments in time and intervals or durations.
Why are they useful?	These features are useful in any application that needs to deal with calendaring or alarm and for the development ...