Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

is the continued sequence of existence and events, and a fundamental quantity of measuring systems. Time or times may also refer to:

Temporal measurement

Time in physics Time in physics is defined by its measurement: time is what a clock reads. In classical, non-relativistic physics, it is a scalar quantity (often denoted by the symbol t) and, like length, mass, and charge, is usually described as a fundamen ...

, defined by its measurement *

Time standard A time standard is a specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes or points in time or both. In modern times, several time specifications have been officially recognized as standards, where formerly they were matters o ...

, civil time specification *

Horology Horology (; related to Latin '; ; , interfix ''-o-'', and suffix ''-logy''), . is the study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clo ...

, study of the measurement of time * Chronometry, science of the measurement of time *

Metre (music) In music, metre ( Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling) refers to regularly recurring patterns and accents such as bars and beats. Unlike rhythm, metric onsets are not necessarily sounded, but are nevertheless implied by the perfo ...

, the grouping of basic temporal units, called beats, into regular measures **

Time signature The time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, or measure signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats (pulses) are contained in each measure (bar), and which note va ...

, notational convention for the metre

Businesses

* Time (bicycle company), a French bicycle manufacturer *

Time Inc. Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illu ...

, an American publisher of periodicals *

Time Computer Systems Granville Technology Group Ltd was a British computer retailer and manufacturer based in Simonstone, Lancashire, Simonstone, near Burnley, Lancashire, marketing its products under the brand names ''Time'', ''Tiny Computers, Tiny'', ''Colossus'' ...

, a British brand of Granville Technology Group * TIME Hotels Management, a UAE hotel management company

Mathematics and its typography

* Times, the operation used for multiplication in mathematics *

Times symbol The multiplication sign, also known as the times sign or the dimension sign, is the symbol , used in mathematics to denote the Multiplication, multiplication operation and its resulting Product (mathematics), product. While similar to a lowerca ...

Computing

* Time (metadata), a representation term *

time (Unix) In computing, time is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is used to determine the duration of execution of a particular command. Overview time(1) can exist as a standalone program (such as GNU time) or as a shell builtin i ...

, a shell command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems *

TIME (command) In computing, TIME is a command in DEC RT-11, DOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and a number of other operating systems that is used to display and set the current system time. It is included in command-line interpreters ( shells) such as COMMAND ...

, a shell command on DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems *

System time In computer science and computer programming, system time represents a computer system's notion of the passage of time. In this sense, ''time'' also includes the passing of days on the calendar. System time is measured by a ''system clock'', w ...

, a computer's reckoning of real-world time *

Time Protocol The Time Protocol is a network protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite defined in 1983 in RFC 868 by Jon Postel and K. Harrenstein. Its purpose is to provide a site-independent, machine readable date and time. The Time Protocol may be implemented ...

, an Internet protocol

Film and television

* ''Time'' (1999 film), a Tamil film * ''Time'' (2006 film), a South Korean film * ''Time'' (2007 film), a Malayalam film * ''Time'' (2020 film), an American film * ''Time'' (American TV series) or ''Timeless'', a 2016–2018 NBC series * ''Time'' (2021 TV series), a 2021 BBC drama series * ''Time'' (British TV programme), a 2006 documentary programme * ''

Vremya ''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The progr ...

'' or ''Time'', a Russian TV news programme * ''The Time'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean television series * "Time" (''Doctor Who''), a mini-episode of ''Doctor Who'' * "Time" (''Stargate Universe''), an episode of ''Stargate Universe'' * "Time" (''The Young Ones''), an episode of ''The Young Ones'' * "Time", an episode of ''

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared ''Don't Hug Me I'm Scared'' (often abbreviated as ''DHMIS'') is a British web and television series created by Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling, and Baker Terry. The series is notable for its blending of surreal comedy and black comedy with psychologica ...

Literature

* ''Time'' (magazine), an American weekly news magazine * "Time" (''xkcd''), a strip of the webcomic * '' Manifold: Time'' (1999), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter

Music

Bands

The Time (band) The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American musical group founded in Minneapolis in 1981. Their work has been a part of the formation of the Minneapolis sound, featuring a mix of soul music and dance m ...

, a pop group * Time (Yugoslav band), a rock band of the 1970s

Albums

* ''Time'' (Peter Andre album) (1997) * ''Time'' (Arashi album) (2007) * ''Time'' (Atlantic Starr album) (1994) * ''Time'' (EP), a 2014 EP by Beast * ''Time'' (Jakob Bro album) (2011) * ''The Time'' (Bros album) (1989) * ''Time'' (Bunny Rugs album) (2012) * ''Time'' (Richard Carpenter album) (1987) * ''Time'' (Dave Clark album) (1986) * ''Time'' (Louis Cole album) (2018) * ''Time'' (Mikky Ekko album) (2015) * ''Time'' (Electric Light Orchestra album) (1981) * ''Time'' (Fleetwood Mac album) (1995) * ''Time'' (Steve Howe album) (2011) * ''Time'' (Leo Ieiri album) (2018) * Time (Klinik album), ''Time'' (Klinik album) (1991) * ''T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye)'', a 1993 album by Leaders of the New School * Time (Hugh Masekela album), ''Time'' (Hugh Masekela album) (2002) * ''Time'' (Kana-Boon album) (2015) * Time (Mercyful Fate album), ''Time'' (Mercyful Fate album) (1994) * ''The Time'', an EP by Orange Goblin * Time (Lionel Richie album), ''Time'' (Lionel Richie album) (1998) * Time (Demis Roussos album), ''Time'' (Demis Roussos album) (1988) * Time (Steeleye Span album), ''Time'' (Steeleye Span album) (1996) * Time (Rod Stewart album), ''Time'' (Rod Stewart album) (2013) * Time (Third Day album), ''Time'' (Third Day album) (1999) * Time (Time album), ''Time'' (Time album) (1972) * The Time (The Time album), ''The Time'' (The Time album) (1981) * Time (TVXQ album), ''Time'' (TVXQ album) (2013) * ''Time (The Revelator)'', a 2001 album by Gillian Welch * Time (Wild album), ''Time'' (Wild album) (2004) * ''Time I'', a 2012 album by Wintersun * The Time (Xu Weizhou album), ''The Time'' (Xu Weizhou album) (2017) * Time (Bibi Zhou album), ''Time'' (Bibi Zhou album) (2009) * Times (album), ''Times'', a 2021 album by SG Lewis

Songs

* Time (The Alan Parsons Project song), "Time" (The Alan Parsons Project song), 1980 * Time (David Bowie song), "Time" (David Bowie song), 1973 * Time (Dean Brody song), "Time" (Dean Brody song), 2016 * Time (Chase & Status song), "Time" (Chase & Status song), 2011 * Time (Childish Gambino song), "Time" (Childish Gambino song), 2020 * Time (Free Nationals, Mac Miller and Kali Uchis song), "Time" (Free Nationals, Mac Miller and Kali Uchis song), 2019 * Time (INXS song), "Time" (INXS song), 1994 * Time (Izabo song), "Time" (Izabo song), 2012 * Time (Marion song), "Time" (Marion song), 1996 * Time (Freddie Mercury song), "Time" (Freddie Mercury song), 1986 * Time (K. Michelle song), "Time" (K. Michelle song), 2016 * Time (Music for Pleasure song), "Time" (Music for Pleasure song), 1983 * Time (NF song), "Time" (NF song), 2019 * Time (O.Torvald song), "Time" (O.Torvald song), 2017 * Time (Pink Floyd song), "Time" (Pink Floyd song), 1973 * Time (Hikaru Utada song), "Time" (Utada Hikaru song), 2020 * Time (Uzari & Maimuna song), "Time" (Uzari & Maimuna song), 2015 * Time (Tom Waits song), "Time" (Tom Waits song), 1985 * Time (Kim Wilde song), "Time" (Kim Wilde song), 1990 * "Time (Clock of the Heart)", by Culture Club, 1982 * "The Time (Dirty Bit)", by The Black Eyed Peas, 2010 * "Time", by All Hail the Silence from ''Daggers (All Hail the Silence album), Daggers'', 2019 * "Time", by Anastacia from Anastacia (album), ''Anastacia'', 2004 * "Time", by Angra from ''Angels Cry (album), Angels Cry'', 1993 * "Time", by Anthrax on ''Persistence of Time'', 1990 * "Time", by Band-Maid from ''Just Bring It (album), Just Bring It'', 2017 * "Time", by Benny Benassi from ''Hypnotica (Benny Benassi album), Hypnotica'', 2003 * "Time", by Blink-182 from ''Buddha (album), Buddha'', 1994 * "Time", by Boyzone from ''Brother (Boyzone album), Brother'', 2010 * "Time", by Jonatha Brooke from ''My Mother Has 4 Noses'', 2014 * "Time", by Embodyment from ''Songs for the Living'', 2002 * "Time", by Hootie & The Blowfish from ''Cracked Rear View'', 1994 * "Time", by iamnot, 2017 * "Time", by Chantal Kreviazuk from ''What If It All Means Something'', 2002 * "Time", by Lower Than Atlantis from Lower Than Atlantis (album), ''Lower Than Atlantis'', 2014 * "Time", by Luna from ''Lunapark (album), Lunapark'', 1992 * "Time", by Madness from ''Mad Not Mad'', 1985 * "Time", by Michael Merchant, sung by Pozo-Seco Singers and also on Campbell's album ''Galveston'', 1966 * "Time", by Ne-Yo from ''In My Own Words'', 2006 * "Time", by Joe Satriani on ''Crystal Planet'', 1998 * "Time", by Ringo Starr from ''Y Not'', 2010 * "Time", by Supergrass from ''I Should Coco'', 1995 * "Time", by Taproot from ''Welcome (Taproot album), Welcome'', 2002 * "Time", by Joe Walsh from ''Got Any Gum?'', 1987 * "Time", by Fetty Wap from Fetty Wap (album), ''Fetty Wap'', 2015 * "Time", by Dennis Wilson from ''Pacific Ocean Blue'', 1977 * "Time", by Hans Zimmer from ''Inception: Music from the Motion Picture'', 2010 * "Time (Take Your Time)", by Scatman John from ''Scatman's World'', 1995 * "Time", by Syn Cole

Musicals

* Time (musical), ''Time'' (musical), by Dave Clark, David Soames, Jeff Daniels and David Pomeranz

Places

* Time, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway * Time, Illinois, a hamlet in Pike County, Illinois, United States

Other uses

* Time (cigarette), an Israeli cigarette brand * Time Church, a church near Bryne in Rogaland county, Norway * Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), a proposed spacecraft * Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME), a network of engineering schools and technical universities * ''Fountain of Time'' or ''Time'', a Chicago sculpture