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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack LLC.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+System-level utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import sys
+
+from openstack.common import exception
+
+
+TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+
+
+def int_from_bool_as_string(subject):
+    """
+    Interpret a string as a boolean and return either 1 or 0.
+
+    Any string value in:
+        ('True', 'true', 'On', 'on', '1')
+    is interpreted as a boolean True.
+
+    Useful for JSON-decoded stuff and config file parsing
+    """
+    return bool_from_string(subject) and 1 or 0
+
+
+def bool_from_string(subject):
+    """
+    Interpret a string as a boolean.
+
+    Any string value in:
+        ('True', 'true', 'On', 'on', '1')
+    is interpreted as a boolean True.
+
+    Useful for JSON-decoded stuff and config file parsing
+    """
+    if type(subject) == type(bool):
+        return subject
+    if hasattr(subject, 'startswith'):  # str or unicode...
+        if subject.strip().lower() in ('true', 'on', '1'):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def import_class(import_str):
+    """Returns a class from a string including module and class"""
+    mod_str, _sep, class_str = import_str.rpartition('.')
+    try:
+        __import__(mod_str)
+        return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
+    except (ImportError, ValueError, AttributeError):
+        raise exception.NotFound('Class %s cannot be found' % class_str)
+
+
+def import_object(import_str):
+    """Returns an object including a module or module and class"""
+    try:
+        __import__(import_str)
+        return sys.modules[import_str]
+    except ImportError:
+        cls = import_class(import_str)
+        return cls()
+
+
+def isotime(at=None):
+    if not at:
+        at = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+    return at.strftime(TIME_FORMAT)
+
+
+def parse_isotime(timestr):
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestr, TIME_FORMAT)