'Returns time as a tuple with number of full hours and minutes
:rtype tuple or None'

def get_time_tuple(self, time=None):

    if (not time):
        time = self.get_time()
    if (not time):
        return None
    days = time.days
    seconds = time.seconds
    hours = ((days * 24) + (seconds // (60 * 60)))
    seconds %= (60 * 60)
    minutes = (seconds // 60)
    seconds %= 60
    return (hours, minutes, seconds)
