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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 elapsed(self):
 """ Return a timedelta representation of the time passed sine the worker was running. """

        if not self.start_date:
            return None
        return (self.end_date or datetime.utcnow()) - self.start_date