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+/* Copyright (c) 2014, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file test_helpers.c
+ * \brief Some helper functions to avoid code duplication in unit tests.
+ */
+
+#include "orconfig.h"
+#include "or.h"
+
+#include "test_helpers.h"
+
+/* Return a statically allocated string representing yesterday's date
+ * in ISO format. We use it so that state file items are not found to
+ * be outdated. */
+const char *
+get_yesterday_date_str(void)
+{
+  static char buf[ISO_TIME_LEN+1];
+
+  time_t yesterday = time(NULL) - 24*60*60;
+  format_iso_time(buf, yesterday);
+  return buf;
+}
+