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The present perfect tense is used for past events when the exact time is not mentioned either because it is not known or it is not important. The emphasis is on the fact that the events happened before the time of speaking:

The present perfect tense is used to express actions happening in an incomplete period of time. An incomplete period is one that includes the present moment, that is, the time of speaking. This period can be implied or expressed with a time expression (today, this week, this year, ever, never etc.):

The present perfect tense is used for recently completed actions, usually with the word just:

I have just started a typing course.

If the exact time is mentioned, the past simple is used:

The present perfect is used with superlative forms of adjectives to express emphasis:

This is the first time I have been to the Philippines.
This is the worst film I have ever seen.