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@@ -584,12 +584,13 @@ will usually be called just before the callback will be triggered, but might be called at other times, too. NOTE: I<< This callback must always return a time that is later than the -passed C<now> value >>. Not even C<now> itself will do, it must be larger. +passed C<now> value >>. Not even C<now> itself will do, it I<must> be larger. This can be used to create very complex timers, such as a timer that triggers on each midnight, local time. To do this, you would calculate the -next midnight after C<now> and return the timestamp value for this. How you do this -is, again, up to you (but it is not trivial). +next midnight after C<now> and return the timestamp value for this. How +you do this is, again, up to you (but it is not trivial, which is the main +reason I omitted it as an example). =back |