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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 toList(self):
 """ Returns date as signed list. """

        date = self.date()
        sign = '+' if date[0] >= 0 else '-'
        date[0] = abs(date[0])
        return list(sign) + date