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On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:

>> (...)
>>  By contrast, stepping only happens if your local clock is just set
>> incorrectly and the re-sync delta has more to do with administrative error
>> or failed batteries than differences in timekeeping accuracy.
> 
> Are you talking about CLOCK_REALTIME or CLOCK_MONOTONIC?

My understanding is:

CLOCK_REALTIME is both stepped and slewed.

CLOCK_MONOTONIC is slewed, but not stepped.

CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW is neither slewed nor stepped.

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