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Describe the Empire clock.

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.TH Concept Time
.NA Time "Definitions of BTU and ETL"
.NA Time "ETUs, BTUs and ETL"
.LV Expert
.s1
The Empire clock counts Empire Time Units (ETUs), just like an
ordinary clock counts seconds.
.s1
There's always the same number of ETUs between updates (the
\*Qversion\*U command shows how many). ETUs automatically stretch or
contract to maintain that when updates move around for some reason,
say a change of schedule, or unplanned downtime.
.s1
Because of the unique nature of Empire governments,
(i.e. the decision makers spend most of their time on vacation.
Hmmm, not so unique actually),