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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-03-07 10:14:09 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-03-07 10:14:09 (GMT)
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ in this respect.
\item
The precision of the various real-time functions may be less than
suggested by the units in which their value or argument is expressed.
-E.g. on most UNIX systems, the clock ``ticks'' only every 1/50th or
+E.g.\ on most UNIX systems, the clock ``ticks'' only every 1/50th or
1/100th of a second, and on the Mac, it ticks 60 times a second.
\end{itemize}
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Nonzero if a DST timezone is defined.
\begin{funcdesc}{gmtime}{secs}
Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a tuple of 9
-integers, in UTC: year (e.g. 1993), month (1-12), day (1-31), hour
-(0-23), minute (0-59), second (0-59), weekday (0-6, monday is 0),
-julian day (1-366), dst flag (always zero). Fractions of a second are
+integers, in UTC: year (e.g.\ 1993), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour
+(0--23), minute (0--59), second (0--59), weekday (0--6, monday is 0),
+Julian day (1--366), dst flag (always zero). Fractions of a second are
ignored. Note subtle differences with the C function of this name.
\end{funcdesc}