From f14b0403755b8abcb0ff0c2529a20cad8ba376cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan <ryanjchen2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:48:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adding utils.py file

---
 utils.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 utils.py

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da517e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import datetime
+
+
+
+def date_to_epoch(date_str: str) -> float:
+    split_date = date_str.split("-")
+    date = datetime.datetime(
+        int(split_date[0]),
+        int(split_date[1]),
+        int(split_date[2]),
+        0,
+        0,
+        0,
+    )
+
+    return date.timestamp()