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+"""Functions to work with dates and times in a uniform way.
+
+The results of these functions are cached for 5 seconds to provide uniform time strings across short running processes. Long running processes that need more precise timekeeping should not use these functions.
+"""
+from time import gmtime, strftime
+
+from qmk.constants import DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT
+from qmk.decorators import lru_cache
+
+
+@lru_cache(timeout=5)
+def current_date():
+    """Returns the current time in UTZ as a formatted string.
+    """
+    return strftime(DATE_FORMAT, gmtime())
+
+
+@lru_cache(timeout=5)
+def current_datetime():
+    """Returns the current time in UTZ as a formatted string.
+    """
+    return strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT, gmtime())
+
+
+@lru_cache(timeout=5)
+def current_time():
+    """Returns the current time in UTZ as a formatted string.
+    """
+    return strftime(TIME_FORMAT, gmtime())