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Update TimeProvider documentation to mention how it should be added to the DI

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Description

There appears to be very little documentation on the new `TimeProvider` functionality. I had to go google around to see how this thing was expected to be registered in the DI.

Eventually I did find that I had to do this:
`services.TryAddSingleton(TimeProvider.System);`

Sadly, this doesn't seem to be documented anywhere. It might be good to at least mention it as a remark on the [System.TimeProvider](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.timeprovider?view=net-8.0) page.

Additionally, I think it would make sense to provide an extension method on `IServiceCollection` along the lines of `AddTimeProvider()`, like for example `AddHttpContextAccessor()` and `AddMemoryCache()`.

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