diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index e8bb9ccb8e77c467c5f34ae42a5e1864d9194b89..9cdef1adec975d55d8c8b838aec1d38d850d092e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ Functions :const:`None`, the current time as returned by :func:`.time` is used. The dst flag is set to ``1`` when DST applies to the given time. + :func:`localtime` may raise :exc:`OverflowError`, if the timestamp is + outside the range of values supported by the platform C :c:func:`localtime` + or :c:func:`gmtime` functions, and :exc:`OSError` on :c:func:`localtime` or + :c:func:`gmtime` failure. It's common for this to be restricted to years + between 1970 and 2038. + .. function:: mktime(t)