ovides a higher-level way to parse time format information and schedule events. In addition, you can use lower-level routines to access ITM objects (<a class="el" href="group__time.html#ga4b7c41114a34f06b4f5ab7c4ef29b38c" title="A low-level object for tempo-based scheduling.">t_itm</a>) directly. An ITM object is responsible for maintaining the current time and scheduling events. There can be multiple ITM objects in Max, each running independently of the others.</p>
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