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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 mkUTC(year, month, day, hour, min, sec):
    "similar to python's mktime but for utc"
    spec = [year, month, day, hour, min, sec] + [0, 0, 0]
    utc = time.mktime(spec) - time.timezone
    return utc