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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 timezone(self):
 """ Return timezone. Offset from UTC. """

        date = self.message.get('date')
        timezone = 0

        try:
            _, timezone = convert_mail_date(date)
        finally:
            return timezone