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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 get_offset(target):
 """ returns a location's time zone offset from UTC in minutes. """

    from pytz import timezone
    import pytz
    from datetime import datetime

    utc = pytz.utc

    today = datetime.now()
    tz_target = timezone(tf.certain_timezone_at(lat=target['lat'], lng=target['lng']))
    # ATTENTION: tz_target could be None! handle error case
    today_target = tz_target.localize(today)
    today_utc = utc.localize(today)
    return (today_utc - today_target).total_seconds() / 60