From f4d0a9ddf45e298eaf45b6efb29d97aae4ff5d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: forge-bot <bot@forge.local>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 01:02:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Design Architecture for Utility Functions (iss-1ac610bafd4c)

---
 utils/date_utils.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 utils/date_utils.py

diff --git a/utils/date_utils.py b/utils/date_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df1b210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/date_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+def get_current_date():
+    """Returns the current date as a string in YYYY-MM-DD format."""
+    return datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+
+
+def format_date(date, format='%Y-%m-%d'):
+    """Formats a given date to the specified format."""
+    return date.strftime(format)
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