def METHOD_NAME(self):
    t = time.gmtime()
    self.assertIsInstance(t, tuple)
    astuple = tuple(t)
    self.assertEqual(len(t), len(astuple))
    self.assertEqual(t, astuple)
    # Check that slicing works the same way; at one point, slicing t[i:j] with
    # 0 < i < j could produce NULLs in the result.
    for i in range(-len(t), len(t)):
        self.assertEqual(t[i:], astuple[i:])
        for j in range(-len(t), len(t)):
            self.assertEqual(t[i:j], astuple[i:j])
    for j in range(-len(t), len(t)):
        self.assertEqual(t[:j], astuple[:j])
    self.assertRaises(IndexError, t.__getitem__, -len(t)-1)
    self.assertRaises(IndexError, t.__getitem__, len(t))
    for i in range(-len(t), len(t)-1):
        self.assertEqual(t[i], astuple[i])