Add a comment on time.time() returning non-decreasing values except when

the clock is set back.

This closes SF bug #447945.
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Fred Drake 2001-08-05 15:43:04 +00:00
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@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ Availability: Most modern \UNIX{} systems.
Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since
the epoch, in UTC. Note that even though the time is always returned
as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better
precision than 1 second.
precision than 1 second. While this function normally returns
non-decreasing values, it can return a lower value than a previous
call if the system clock has been set back between the two calls.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{timezone}