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-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="systemd.time">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd.time</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
understood:</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>usec, us</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>usec, us, µs</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>msec, ms</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>seconds, second, sec, s</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>minutes, minute, min, m</para></listitem>
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>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para>
+ <para>Use the <command>calendar</command> command of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-analyze</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to validate
+ and normalize calendar time specifications for testing purposes. The tool also calculates when a specified
+ calendar event would elapse next.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-analyze</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>