closes bpo-40017: Add CLOCK_TAI constant to the time module. (GH-19096)

Co-authored-by: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>

Author: r-owen

Doc/library/time.rst

@@ -774,6 +774,16 @@ These constants are used as parameters for :func:`clock_getres` and
 
  .. versionadded:: 3.7
 
+.. data:: CLOCK_TAI
+
+ `International Atomic Time <https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/nist-time-frequently-asked-questions-faq#tai>`_
+
+ The system must have a current leap second table in order for this to give
+ the correct answer. PTP or NTP software can maintain a leap second table.
+
+ .. availability:: Linux.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.9
 
 .. data:: CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
 
@@ -805,7 +815,6 @@ These constants are used as parameters for :func:`clock_getres` and
 
  .. versionadded:: 3.8
 
-
 The following constant is the only parameter that can be sent to
 :func:`clock_settime`.
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-21-00-46-18.bpo-40017.HFpHZS.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add :data:`time.CLOCK_TAI` constant if the operating system support it.

Modules/timemodule.c

@@ -1786,6 +1786,11 @@ time_exec(PyObject *module)
  return -1;
  }
 #endif
+#ifdef CLOCK_TAI
+ if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(module, CLOCK_TAI) < 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+#endif
 #ifdef CLOCK_UPTIME
  if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(module, CLOCK_UPTIME) < 0) {
  return -1;