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+package org.onap.vid.utils;
+
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public class TimeUtils {
+    private static DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME;
+
+    private TimeUtils() {
+        // explicit private constructor, to hide the implicit public constructor
+    }
+
+    public static ZonedDateTime parseZonedDateTime(String time) {
+
+        return ZonedDateTime.from(formatter.parse(time));
+    }
+
+    public static String zonedDateTimeToString(ZonedDateTime time) {
+        return formatter.format(time);
+    }
+}