# Tempus v1.0.0-rc.0 - Table of Contents > Easy handling of time periods, like business days, holidays, etc. ## Pages - [Tempus](readme.md) - [Mathematical Background](background.md) - [Getting Started](getting-started.md) - [Comparing Tempus and Tempo](tempus_vs_tempo.md) ## Modules - [Tempus](Tempus.md): `Tempus` is a high-performance Elixir library for working with time slots, business schedules, availability streams, and slot arithmetics. - [Tempus.Slots.Behaviour](Tempus.Slots.Behaviour.md): The bunch of functions expected to be implemented by `Tempus.Slots` implementations. - [Tempus.Slots.Group](Tempus.Slots.Group.md): The protocol to implement for the ordered collection of slots. - Helpers - [Tempus.Crontab](Tempus.Crontab.md): Helper functions to work with `cron` syntax. - [Tempus.Guards](Tempus.Guards.md): Compile-time guards for pattern matching, coverage verification, and slot comparisons. - [Tempus.Sigils](Tempus.Sigils.md): Handy sigils to instantiate `Tempus.Slot` and `Tempus.Slots` - Core - [Tempus.Slot](Tempus.Slot.md): Declares a time slot interval and provides functions for interval arithmetic, coverage checks, boundary comparisons, and transformations. - [Tempus.Slots](Tempus.Slots.md): The interface to deal with the implementation of `Tempus.Slot` ordered collection. - Implementations - [Tempus.Slots.List](Tempus.Slots.List.md): The default `List` implementation of `Tempus.Slots` ordered collection. - [Tempus.Slots.Stream](Tempus.Slots.Stream.md): The default `Stream` implementation of `Tempus.Slots` ordered collection. - Exceptions - [Tempus.ArgumentError](Tempus.ArgumentError.md): Raised at runtime when an argument passed to function is invalid