From: R David Murray Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:05:01 +0000 (-0400) Subject: #12758: removing confusing mention of UTC from time.time description X-Git-Tag: v2.7.4rc1~965 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=32a3b147b24847702c2fc7e7cf030b5f34921c2b;p=python #12758: removing confusing mention of UTC from time.time description Patch by Dylan Sarber. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 56e9019121..6f97c2fe95 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