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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-03-15 07:05:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-03-15 07:05:01 (GMT) |
| commit | 32a3b147b24847702c2fc7e7cf030b5f34921c2b (patch) | |
| tree | e6fcad81b033371fe630df8b0495602d184beffa /Doc/library/time.rst | |
| parent | 7210025aa3c3f6bb452b8e57e80cd99d7cb68daf (diff) | |
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#12758: removing confusing mention of UTC from time.time description
Patch by Dylan Sarber.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 56e9019..6f97c2f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items: .. function:: time() - Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since the epoch, - in UTC. Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point + Return the time in seconds since the epoch as a floating point number. + Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better precision than 1 second. While this function normally returns non-decreasing values, it can return a lower value than a previous call if the system clock has been set back between |