Re: Determining actual elapsed (wall-clock) time

In article <3ZGdnfw6ZLlvaVvfRVn-jA@powergate.ca>,
Peter Hansen <peter@engcorp.com> wrote:
>
>I would like to determine the "actual" elapsed time of an operation
>which could take place during a time change, in a platform-independent
>manner (at least across Linux/Windows machines).
>
>Using time.time() doesn't appear to be suitable, since time might jump
>forwards or backwards at the user's whim, if the system clock is reset,
>or when a daylight savings time change occurs.

You have to do one of two things: rely on system clock or require a
network connection (so you can call a timeserver directly).

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