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Expand Up @@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ 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)

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