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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="systemd.time">
1y 12month
55s500ms
300ms20s 5day</programlisting>
+
+ <para>One can use the <command>timespan</command> command of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-analyze</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to normalise a textual time span for testing and validation purposes.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<programlisting>2 months 5 days ago</programlisting>
<para>Note that a relative timestamp is also accepted where a timestamp is expected (see above).</para>
+
+ <para>Use the <command>timestamp</command> command of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-analyze</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
+ validate and normalize timestamps for testing purposes.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>