def METHOD_NAME():
    t = calendar.timegm(str_to_time("2000-01-12T00:00:00Z"))
    # TODO: Find all instances of time.mktime(.....)
    # t = time.mktime(str_to_time("2000-01-12T00:00:00Z"))
    # assert t == 947631600.0
    # TODO: add something to show how this time was arrived at
    # do this as an external method in the
    assert t == 947635200
    # some IdPs omit the trailing Z, and SAML spec is unclear if it is actually required
    t = calendar.timegm(str_to_time("2000-01-12T00:00:00"))
    assert t == 947635200