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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 convert_timespan(timespan):
 """Convert an srt timespan into a start and end timestamp."""

    start, end = timespan.split('-->')
    start = convert_timestamp(start)
    end = convert_timestamp(end)
    return start, end