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enabled-by: true
glossary-type: term
links:
- role: glossary-member
  uid: /glossary-requirements
term: realtime clock
text: |
  The timer uses ${/glossary/clock-realtime:/term} to determine the point in
  time to ${../glossary/fire:/term}. A timer is associated with
  ${/glossary/clock-realtime:/term} when the timer is
  ${../glossary/scheduled:/term} using the directives ${../if/fire-when:/name}
  or ${../if/server-fire-when:/name}. A timer is not longer associated with
  ${/glossary/clock-realtime:/term} when the timer is
  ${../glossary/scheduled:/term} using the directives ${../if/fire-after:/name}
  or ${../if/server-fire-after:/name} or when the timer is deleted. Canceling or
  resetting a timer does not change the association with a particular
  ${../glossary/clock:/term}.
type: glossary