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Measurement of time is built on units, such as:

Unit of time are used to:

  • define an instant. The more unit, the more precision
  • define an amount of time (ie duration or period) when every unit has a quantity (2 year, …)

Second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), see Time - Second

The units of time are also known as the datetime fields because they make up a date time value.

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