--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/utils.py	Mon Feb 09 00:24:13 2009 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+    Miscellaneous things
+"""
+
+import datetime
+
+class Date (object) :
+    """
+        Handle dates in URLs as datetime objects (with indeterminate time info) in some timezone
+    """
+
+    def __init__ (self, tz, date_fmt="%Y-%m-%d") :
+        """
+            Format/parse dates in the given timezone using the given format
+        """
+        
+        self.tz = tz
+        self.date_fmt = date_fmt
+    
+    __name__ = "date"
+
+    def __call__ (self, date_str) :
+        """
+            Parse the given date string
+        """
+        
+        return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, self.date_fmt).replace(tzinfo=self.tz)
+