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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def stopwatch_now():
 """Get a timevalue for interval comparisons When possible it is a monotonic clock to prevent backwards time issues. """

    if six.PY2:
        now = time.time()
    else:
        now = time.monotonic()
    return now