split categories, sitemap and other crap out of news.py

apiserver/misc/time.py

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+import pytz
+import dateutil.parser
+
+
+TZINFOS = {
+    'NZDT': pytz.timezone('Pacific/Auckland'),
+    'NZST': pytz.timezone('Pacific/Auckland')
+}
+
+def unix(date_str, tz=None, tzinfos=TZINFOS):
+    try:
+        dt = dateutil.parser.parse(date_str, tzinfos=tzinfos)
+        if tz:
+            dt = pytz.timezone(tz).localize(dt)
+        return int(dt.timestamp())
+    except:
+        pass
+    return 0