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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 _strict_date(self, lean):
 """ Return a `time.struct_time` representation of the date. """

        return struct_time(
            (
                self._precise_year(lean),
                self._precise_month(lean),
                self._precise_day(lean),
            ) + tuple(TIME_EMPTY_TIME) + tuple(TIME_EMPTY_EXTRAS)
        )