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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 fix_linkdate(self, entry):
 """ Give a date for the entry, depending on feed.sync_by_date Save it as feed.linkdate """

        if self.sync_by_date:
            try:
                entry.linkdate = list(entry.published_parsed)
                self.linkdate = list(entry.published_parsed)
            except (AttributeError, TypeError):
                try:
                    entry.linkdate = list(entry.updated_parsed)
                    self.linkdate = list(entry.updated_parsed)
                except (AttributeError, TypeError):
                    print(("This entry doesn't seem to have a parseable date. "
                           "I will use your local time instead."),
                          file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
                    entry.linkdate = list(time.localtime())
                    self.linkdate = list(time.localtime())
        else:
            entry.linkdate = list(time.localtime())