code: def marshall_now(now=None):
      
      if not now:
          now = utcnow()
      return dict(day=now.day, month=now.month, year=now.year, hour=now.hour,
                  minute=now.minute, second=now.second,
                  microsecond=now.microsecond)
docs: Make an rpc-safe datetime with microseconds.
  
      Note: tzinfo is stripped, but not required for relative times.