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<concept id="GUID-86737CAB-2A4A-4424-8856-67E0804BCD60" xml:lang="en"><title>Time Overview</title><shortdesc>Provides a basic idea about the Time platform service.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
<section id="GUID-0F45D51D-6C83-458A-B787-7D7A6A5F2E64-GENID-1-2-1-10-1-5-1-10-1-1-3-1-3-1"><title>What
is Time platform service</title>             <p>Time platform service
starts during device start up. It is responsible for maintaining a
queue of all system-wide alarms. It allows clients to query the status
of alarms, set alarms, remove alarms and perform other utility functions.</p>         </section>
<section id="GUID-0F45D51D-6C83-458A-B787-7D7A6A5F2E64-GENID-1-2-1-10-1-5-1-10-1-1-3-1-3-2"><title>Need
for Time platform service</title>             <p>Time platform service
is required to manage the alarm in the system and system
state manager utility plug-in specifically RTC adaptation plug-in.</p>         </section>
<section id="GUID-0F45D51D-6C83-458A-B787-7D7A6A5F2E64-GENID-1-2-1-10-1-5-1-10-1-1-3-1-3-3"><title>For
whom does Time platform service matter to?</title>             <p>Time platform service matters to all the Real time clock and alarm
implementations to fulfill the requirements set by the RTC adaptation
plug-in interface that is introduced beside of a System State Manager.
The SSM Adaptation Server contains a RTC Adaptation plug-in.</p> 
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