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@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
Standard library
+- In the time module, the time argument to the functions strftime,
+ localtime, gmtime, asctime and ctime is now optional, defaulting to
+ the current time (in the local timezone).
+
- The ftplib module now defaults to passive mode, which is deemed a
more useful default given that clients are often inside firewalls
these days. Note that this could break if ftplib is used to connect