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time is on our side

These are some of the functions provided by Python’s built-in time library:

Python Library Documentation: time

time.clock()
The current time in seconds, given as a floating

point number.
time.daylight()
This returns 0 if you are not currently in
Daylight Savings Time.
time.gmtime()
Tells you current UTC date and time (not affected

by the timezone) .
time.localtime()
Tells you the current local time (is affected by

your timezone) .
time.sleep(secs)
Don’t do anything for the specified number of

seconds.
Tells you the number of seconds since January 1st,
This looks time.time()

like the best 1970.
function to use. time.timezone()
your timezone and the UTC timezone (London).
Tells you the number of hours difference between

You need to use one of these functions to help you fix your code.

But which one? You were to draw a circle around the function you thought you
might need.

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