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See <a href="Pragmas.html#Pragmas">Pragmas Accepted by GCC</a>, for details of target-specific pragmas. 98 99 <li><cite>The definitions for </cite><code>__DATE__</code><cite> and </cite><code>__TIME__</code><cite> when 100respectively, the date and time of translation are not available (C90 1016.8.8, C99 6.10.8).</cite> 102 103 </ul> 104 105 </body></html> 106 107