[issue14222] Use time.steady() to implement timeout

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

[Victor]
> The duration of a timeout of N seconds should be N seconds even 
> if the system clock is updated (e.g. a daylight saving time 
> (DST) change).

IIRC, time.time() is not a local time and it is unaffected by a DST change.

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