file for little helper functions - also for use in plugins directly

includes/helper.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
+#
+
+"""
+little Helper functions
+
+@author: 		Bastian Schroll
+"""
+
+import logging
+import time
+
+
+def freqToHz(freq):
+	"""
+	gets a frequency and resolve it in Hz
+	
+	@type    format: string
+	@param   format: Python time Format-String
+	
+	@return:    Formated Time and/or Date
+	@exception: Exception if Error in format
+	"""		
+def curtime(format="%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S"):
+	try:
+		return time.strftime(format)  
+	except:
+		logging.warning("error in time-format-string")
+		logging.debug("error in time-format-string", exc_info=True)