TIME in ps command

Hi,

We all know that ps is very usefull command to check the currect process list it can be used with many parameter as per our requirements:

but I have question is when I use this command:

# ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
8031 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
8397 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

it shows me above output. I want to know what the time field is suggesting. It is not matching with the time when process started so I think it is something different which I never look in to.

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

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