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### SYSTEM_TIME (2) {#SYSTEM_TIME}
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The system time is the time of the master clock.
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The system time is the time of the sender's master clock.
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This can be emitted by flight controllers, onboard computers, or other components in the MAVLink network.
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Components that are using a less reliable time source, such as a battery-backed real time clock, can choose to match their system clock to that of a [SYSTEM_TYPE](#SYSTEM_TYPE) that indicates a more recent time.
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Components that are using a less reliable time source, such as a battery-backed real time clock, can choose to match their system clock to that of a system that indicates a more recent time.
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This allows more broadly accurate date stamping of logs, and so on.
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If precise time synchronization is needed then use TIMESYNC instead.
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