diff --git a/alertmonUtils.js b/alertmonUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99aa6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alertmonUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var moment = require('moment-timezone');
+
+exports.getLocTimeFromUTC = function(utcDtTm) {
+    var localTm = moment.utc(new Date(utcDtTm));
+    localTm = moment(localTm).tz('America/New_York').format('h:mm:ss a');
+    return localTm;
+};
+
+exports.getLocDateFromUTC = function(utcDtTm) {
+    var localDt = moment.utc(new Date(utcDtTm));
+    localDt = moment(localDt).tz('America/New_York').format('MM-DD-YYYY');
+    return localDt;
+};
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 1323093..57dfb66 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var express = require("express");
 var hbs = require('express-hbs');
 require('handlebars-form-helpers').register(hbs.handlebars);
 var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
-var moment = require('moment-timezone');
+var alertmonUtils = require('./alertmonUtils.js');
 var fs = require("fs");
 var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 var app = express();
@@ -77,11 +77,8 @@ app.get('/', function(req, res){
 
             // Loop over elements in rows array, convert ugly UTC times to pretty local times.
             rows.forEach(function(row){
-                var localDtTm = moment.utc(new Date(row.MaxPub));
-                localDtTm = moment(localDtTm).tz('America/New_York').format('MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss');
-                row.MaxPub = localDtTm;
-                row.MaxPubDate = moment(localDtTm).format('MM-DD-YYYY');
-                row.MaxPubTime = moment(localDtTm).format('h:mm:ss a');
+                row.MaxPubDate = alertmonUtils.getLocDateFromUTC(row.MaxPub);
+                row.MaxPubTime = alertmonUtils.getLocTimeFromUTC(row.MaxPub);
             });
 
             res.render('index', {cores: rows}, function(err, html) {
@@ -179,11 +176,11 @@ app.get('/core/:id', function(req, res){
 
             // Loop over elements in rows array, convert ugly UTC times to pretty local times.
             rows.forEach(function(row){
-                var localDtTm = moment.utc(new Date(row.published_at));
-                localDtTm = moment(localDtTm).tz('America/New_York').format('MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss');
-                row.published_at = localDtTm;
-                row.pubDate = moment(localDtTm).format('MM-DD-YYYY');
-                row.pubTime = moment(localDtTm).format('h:mm:ss a');
+                //var localDtTm = moment.utc(new Date(row.published_at));
+                //localDtTm = moment(localDtTm).tz('America/New_York').format('MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss');
+                //row.published_at = localDtTm;
+                row.pubDate = alertmonUtils.getLocDateFromUTC(row.published_at);
+                row.pubTime = alertmonUtils.getLocTimeFromUTC(row.published_at);
             });
 
             res.render('core', {alerts: rows}, function(err, html) {