[Python-Dev] Questions for the PEP 418: monotonic vs steady, is_adjusted

[Paul Moore]

On 14 April 2012 06:41, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
>  A clock can be accurate in measuring
> duration even though it is not accurate in measuring the point in
> time. [It's hard to see how the opposite could be true.]

Pedantic point: A clock that is stepped (say, by NTP) is precisely one
that is accurate in measuring the point in time (that's what stepping
is *for*) but not in measuring duration.

Paul.