  In-depth analysis of eclipsing binary (EB) observational data collected for
several decades can inform us about a lot of astrophysically interesting
processes taking place in the systems. We have developed a wide-ranging method
for the phenomenological modelling of eclipsing binary phase curves that
enables us to combine even very disparate sources of phase information. This
approach is appropriate for the processing of both standard photometric series
of eclipses and data from photometric surveys of all kind. We conclude that
mid-eclipse times, determined using the latest version of our 'hi-fi'
phenomenological light curve models, as well as their accuracy, are nearly the
same as the values obtained using much more complex standard physical EB
models.
