[Pythonmac-SIG] time module

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 11:09:45 +0200


> Does anyone out there know why the mac's time module counts seconds from 1
> jan 1900? The mac's epoch is 4 years later.

Because the underlying MetroWerks C library does this. Don't ask me why: I 
haven't a clue...
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