[docs] [issue29026] time.time() documentation should mention UTC timezone

STINNER Victor report at bugs.python.org
Tue Dec 20 10:07:03 EST 2016


STINNER Victor added the comment:

> time.time() is not quite UTC on Unix

Handling time is a complex task, so we should enhance the doc to help users.

If there are multiple cases, we can list them: "time.time() uses UTC timezone with or without leap seconds". Maybe with a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time ?

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