\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{strptime}{string\optional{, format}}
+Parse a string representing a time according to a format. The return
+value is a tuple as returned by \code{gmtime()} or \code{localtime()}.
+The format uses the same directives as those used by
+\code{strftime()}; it defaults to \code{"\%a \%b \%d \%H:\%M:\%S \%Y"}
+which matches the formatting returned by \code{ctime()}. The same
+platform caveats apply; see the local Unix documentation for
+restrictions or additional supported directives. This function may
+not be defined on all platforms.
+
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{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