Dead link in the time library page

[tobiasjcat]

Documentation

https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.CLOCK_TAI
The description of time.CLOCK_TAI includes a link to a "page not found" at NIST
The current link
https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/nist-time-frequently-asked-questions-faq#tai
Leads to a page that says "Sorry, we cannot find that page."

Perhaps the link should instead be
https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/what-time-it-faqs

Linked PRs

• gh-137499: Fixed dead link to NIST website #137500
• [3.13] gh-137499: Fixed dead link to NIST website (GH-137500) #137501
• [3.14] gh-137499: Fixed dead link to NIST website (GH-137500) #137502

[hugovk]

Thanks for the report!

It used to link to "What are International Atomic Time (TAI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)?"

https://web.archive.org/web/20200218000639/https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/nist-time-frequently-asked-questions-faq#tai

The same text can now be found at https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/how-utcnist-related-coordinated-universal-time-utc-international

Would you like to open a PR to use this link?

[AA-Turner]

Wayback machine has August 24:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240823154919/https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/nist-time-frequently-asked-questions-faq#tai

The correct link seems to be https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/how-utcnist-related-coordinated-universal-time-utc-international (second accordion).

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[tobiasjcat]

Would you like to open a PR to use this link?

Sure, I'm on it