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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_time(self, force_uptime=False):
 """Get the current UTC time or uptime. By default, this method will return UTC time if possible and fall back to uptime if not. If you specify, force_uptime=True, it will always return uptime even if utc time is available. Args: force_uptime (bool):
 Always return uptime, defaults to False. Returns: int: The current uptime or encoded utc time. """


        if force_uptime:
            return self.uptime

        time = self.uptime + self.time_offset

        if self.is_utc:
            time |= (1 << 31)

        return time