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time: add notes about monotonic time paused #66922

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/time/time.go
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//
// On some systems the monotonic clock will stop if the computer goes to sleep.
// On such a system, t.Sub(u) may not accurately reflect the actual
// time that passed between t and u.
// time that passed between t and u. The same applies to other functions and
// methods that subtract times, such as [Since], [Until], [Before], [After],
// [Add], [Sub], [Equal] and [Compare]. In some cases, you may need to strip
// the monotonic clock to get accurate results.
//
// Because the monotonic clock reading has no meaning outside
// the current process, the serialized forms generated by t.GobEncode,
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