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 #### Nightly Releases
 <https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/>
 
-Each directory name and filename contains a date (in UTC time) and the commit
+Each directory name and filename contains a date (in UTC) and the commit
 SHA at the HEAD of the release.
 
 #### API Documentation