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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 synchronize_clock(self, offset):
 """Persistently synchronize the clock to UTC time. Args: offset (int):
 The number of seconds since 1/1/2000 00:00Z """


        self.time_offset = offset - self.uptime
        self.is_utc = True

        if self.has_rtc:
            self.stored_offset = self.time_offset