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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 _calculate_fake_duration():
    '''
    Generate a NULL duration for when states do not run
    but we want the results to be consistent.
    '''
    utc_start_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    local_start_time = utc_start_time - \
        (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.datetime.now())
    utc_finish_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    start_time = local_start_time.time().isoformat()
    delta = (utc_finish_time - utc_start_time)
    # duration in milliseconds.microseconds
    duration = (delta.seconds * 1000000 + delta.microseconds) / 1000.0

    return start_time, duration