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title: Introduction to Dates and Times Programming Guide for Core Foundation
framework: corefoundation
role: article
path: apple-archive/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFDatesAndTimes
---

# Introduction to Dates and Times Programming Guide for Core Foundation

Explains how to manage Core Foundation dates and times.

## Who Should Read This Document

You should read this document to learn about representations of date and time in the Core Foundation framework, and how to use them.

## Organization of This Document

This topic discusses the different date and time representations, issues with time zones, and contains examples on how to use date and time objects:

- [Date Representations](Concepts/DataReps.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001139-CJBEJBHH) - [Time Zones](Concepts/TimeZones.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001140-CJBEJBHH) - [Using Dates](Tasks/UsingDates.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001141-CJBEHAAG)

[Next](Concepts/DataReps.html)

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