time

The time module provides various time-related functions. In Python, time is measured as the number of seconds since the “epoch.” The epoch is the beginning of time (the point at which time = 0 seconds). The epoch is January 1, 1970 on UNIX and can be determined by calling time.gmtime(0) on other systems.

The following variables are defined:

accept2dyear

A Boolean value that indicates whether two-digit years are accepted. Normally this is True, but it’s set to False if the environment variable $PYTHONY2K is set to a non-empty string. The value can be changed manually as well.

altzone

The time zone used during daylight saving time (DST), if applicable.

daylight

Is set to a nonzero value if a DST time zone has been defined.

timezone

The local ...

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