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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
index 6e02fc1eb91..e26b63fbb85 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
@@ -689,3 +689,37 @@ export const approximateDuration = (seconds = 0) => {
   }
   return n__('1 day', '%d days', seconds < ONE_DAY_LIMIT ? 1 : days);
 };
+
+/**
+ * A utility function which helps creating a date object
+ * for a specific date. Accepts the year, month and day
+ * returning a date object for the given params.
+ *
+ * @param {Int} year the full year as a number i.e. 2020
+ * @param {Int} month the month index i.e. January => 0
+ * @param {Int} day the day as a number i.e. 23
+ *
+ * @return {Date} the date object from the params
+ */
+export const dateFromParams = (year, month, day) => {
+  const date = new Date();
+
+  date.setFullYear(year);
+  date.setMonth(month);
+  date.setDate(day);
+
+  return date;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A utility function which computes the difference in seconds
+ * between 2 dates.
+ *
+ * @param {Date} startDate the start sate
+ * @param {Date} endDate the end date
+ *
+ * @return {Int} the difference in seconds
+ */
+export const differenceInSeconds = (startDate, endDate) => {
+  return (endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime()) / 1000;
+};