[Tutor] Question about time module

[Danny Yoo]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Gus Tabares wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 	I was checking the documentation about the time module when I stumbled
> across time.time(). help(time) explains as follows:
>
> time() -> floating point number
>
>         Return the current time in seconds since the Epoch.
>         Fractions of a second may be present if the system clock provides
> them.
>
> 	Now, being the nonunderstanding high school student that I am, I
> went and checked the definition of "Epoch". It was as follows:
>
> 1. A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or
> noteworthy.
>
> 	Could anyone tell me when this is? Could it possibly be when Guido
> first introduced Python?;) It's a silly question, I am just curious:)


Here you go:

    http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/epoch.html

It's not a Python specific term, but one that applies to every computer
clock.


Hope this helps!