The time value sequence was changed from a tuple to a :class:`struct_time`, with
the addition of attribute names for the fields.
+* Use the following functions to convert between time representations:
+
+ +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
+ | From | To | Use |
+ +=========================+=========================+=========================+
+ | seconds since the epoch | :class:`struct_time` in | :func:`gmtime` |
+ | | UTC | |
+ +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
+ | seconds since the epoch | :class:`struct_time` in | :func:`localtime` |
+ | | local time | |
+ +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
+ | :class:`struct_time` in | seconds since the epoch | :func:`calendar.timegm` |
+ | UTC | | |
+ +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
+ | :class:`struct_time` in | seconds since the epoch | :func:`mktime` |
+ | local time | | |
+ +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
+
The module defines the following functions and data items: