docs: def getTimestampUTC():
      """getTimestampUTC() -> (ts_sec, ts_usec)
  
      Returns the current UTC time in seconds and microseconds.
      """
      utc     = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
      ts_sec  = calendar.timegm( utc.timetuple() )
      ts_usec = utc.microsecond
      return ts_sec, ts_usec