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// Package util contains kubeadm utilities.
package util

import (
	"time"
)

// startTime is a variable that represents the start time of the kubeadm process.
// It can be used to consistently use the same start time instead of calling time.Now()
// in multiple locations and ending up with minor time deviations.
var startTime time.Time

func init() {
	startTime = time.Now()
}

// StartTimeUTC returns startTime with its location set to UTC.
func StartTimeUTC() time.Time {
	return startTime.UTC()
}