Move current_datetime function to external file

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utils/utils.py b/utils/utils.py
index a76beb5d..bf3d4fbe 100644
--- a/utils/utils.py
+++ b/utils/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import colorama
 
+import time
+import datetime
+import dateutil.tz
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def init_colorama():
@@ -21,3 +25,12 @@ def init_colorama():
     for color in colorama.Fore.__dict__:
         exec("global {0}; {0} = ''".format(color))
     colorama.deinit()
+
+
+def current_datetime():
+    """Return the current datetime, complete with tzinfo.
+
+    Precision is one second. Timezone is the local timezone.
+    """
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(round(time.time()),
+                                           dateutil.tz.tzlocal())