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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 _pack_date(self, date):
 """This method is used to encode dates"""

        
        # Just copied from original KeePassX source
        y, mon, d, h, min_, s = date.timetuple()[:6]

        dw1 = 0x0000FFFF & ((y>>6) & 0x0000003F)
        dw2 = 0x0000FFFF & ((y & 0x0000003F)<<2 | ((mon>>2) & 0x00000003))
        dw3 = 0x0000FFFF & (((mon & 0x0000003)<<6) | ((d & 0x0000001F)<<1) \
                | ((h>>4) & 0x00000001))
        dw4 = 0x0000FFFF & (((h & 0x0000000F)<<4) | ((min_>>2) & 0x0000000F))
        dw5 = 0x0000FFFF & (((min_ & 0x00000003)<<6) | (s & 0x0000003F))

        return struct.pack('<5B', dw1, dw2, dw3, dw4, dw5)