["python","time","timezone"]
Does Python's time.time() return the local or UTC timestamp?

Does time.time() in the Python time module return the system's time or the time in UTC?
The time.time() function returns the number of seconds since the epoch, as a float. Note that “the epoch” is defined as the start of January 1st, 1970 in UTC. So the epoch is defined in terms of UTC and establishes a global moment in time. No matter where on Earth you are, “seconds past epoch” (time.time()) returns the same value at the same moment. Here is some sample output I ran on my computer, converting it to a string as well. >>> import time >>> ts = time.time() >>> ts 1355563265.81 >>> import datetime >>> datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') '2012-12-15 01:21:05' >>> The ts variable is the time returned in seconds. I then converted it to a human-readable string using the datetime library.