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  78 Package org.apache.commons.lang.time
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  81 Provides classes and methods to work with dates and durations.
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  94 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateFormatUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang.time">DateFormatUtils</A></B></TD>
  95 <TD>Date and time formatting utilities and constants.</TD>
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  98 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/time/DateUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang.time">DateUtils</A></B></TD>
  99 <TD>A suite of utilities surrounding the use of the
 100  <CODE>Calendar</CODE> and <CODE>Date</CODE> object.</TD>
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 114  <code>StopWatch</code> provides a convenient API for timings.</TD>
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 126 Provides classes and methods to work with dates and durations.
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 128 This includes:
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 130 <li><code>DateUtils</code> - a set of static utility methods for working with dates
 131 <li><code>FastDateFormat</code> - a replacement for <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> that is fast and thread-safe
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