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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 _log(message):
 """ Logs a message. :param str message: The log message. :rtype: None """

        #  @todo Replace with log package.
        print(time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime()) + ' ' + str(message), flush=True)