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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 stat(filename):
 """Returns os.stat for a given file, adjusting the timestamps as appropriate."""

    import os
    try:
        # on the host, lstat won't try to follow symlinks
        rstat = os.lstat(filename)
    except:
        rstat = os.stat(filename)
    return rstat[:7] + tuple(tim + TIME_OFFSET for tim in rstat[7:])