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Presumably Barry believed other work had priority.  You're 
running an unusual configuration, and are the only one 
asking for this change.

BTW, Python isn't assuming NTP, it's assuming either POSIX 
compliance (which mandates the results Python is checking 
for) or Mac compliance.  Selling variations is much easier 
when they're backed by common practice or a relevant 
standard.  Right or wrong, neither applies here.  When we 
toss in any old crap someone feels like having, we end up 
with stuff like embedded spaces in filenames <wink>.