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Modules/timemodule.c
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There are two standard representations of time. One is the number\n\
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of seconds since the Epoch, in UTC (a.k.a. GMT). It may be an integer\n\
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or a floating point number (to represent fractions of seconds).\n\
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-The Epoch is system-defined; on Unix, it is generally January 1st, 1970.\n\
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-The actual value can be retrieved by calling gmtime(0).\n\
+The epoch is the point where the time starts, the return value of time.gmtime(0).\n\
+It is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 (UTC) on all platforms.\n\
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The other representation is a tuple of 9 integers giving local time.\n\
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The tuple items are:\n\
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