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Add a notice that the Fake Timers API doc is incomplete (#2570)
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Fake timers are synchronous implementations of `setTimeout` and friends that
Sinon.JS can overwrite the global functions with to allow you to more easily
test code using them.
test code using them. It also has utilities for working with `async`/Promise code.

Fake timers provide a `clock` object to pass time, which can also be used to control `Date` objects created through either `new Date();`
or `Date.now();` (if supported by the browser).

> The separate Fake Timers project is constantly being added to and updated, and we have a hard time keeping these docs in sync! Therefore it might be better to just refer directly to the [fake-timer API reference][api reference], as that shows all it has to offer. The `clock` object is not wrapped, so everything `fake-timers` has to offer can be used through it.
For standalone usage of fake timers it is recommended to use [fake-timers](https://github.com/sinonjs/fake-timers) package instead. It provides the same
set of features (Sinon uses it under the hood) and was previously extracted from Sinon.JS.

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## Fake timers API

> This is just the most important subset of the available methods. Refer to the [Fake Timers API reference][api reference] for the full _smørgåsbord_ of available methods.
#### `var clock = sinon.useFakeTimers();`

Causes Sinon to replace the global `setTimeout`, `clearTimeout`, `setInterval`, `clearInterval`, `setImmediate`, `clearImmediate`, `process.hrtime`, `performance.now`(when available) and `Date` with a custom implementation which is bound to the returned `clock` object.
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Restore the faked methods.

Call in e.g. `tearDown`.

[api reference]: https://github.com/sinonjs/fake-timers#api-reference

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