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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 to_utc(some_time):
 """ Convert the given date to UTC, if the date contains a timezone. Parameters some_time : datetime.datetime datetime object to convert to UTC Returns ------- datetime.datetime Converted datetime object """


    # Convert timezone aware objects to UTC
    if some_time.tzinfo and some_time.utcoffset():
        some_time = some_time.astimezone(tzutc())

    # Now that time is UTC, simply remove the timezone component.
    return some_time.replace(tzinfo=None)