diff --git a/gracedb/models.py b/gracedb/models.py
index 7a326d2a844f02661b5f3d7e799f9aae4cfdb9b6..d1fb6a928bff248a6c8e5c89ece86e2585c0a90d 100644
--- a/gracedb/models.py
+++ b/gracedb/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 
 
 from gracedb.ligolw.models import CoincEvent
-from gracedb.gracedb.templatetags.timeutil import posixToGpsTime
+from gracedb.utils import posixToGpsTime
 
 from django.conf import settings
 import pytz, time
diff --git a/gracedb/templatetags/timeutil.py b/gracedb/templatetags/timeutil.py
index 0d7ed89c23afce63741a62028adc8a6f1f261427..faa1a8ce246ba55a49df55a8ab69c36428ca5207 100644
--- a/gracedb/templatetags/timeutil.py
+++ b/gracedb/templatetags/timeutil.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.utils import dateformat
 from django.utils.html import conditional_escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
+from gracedb.utils import posixToGpsTime, gpsToUtc
 
 import pytz
 import time
@@ -114,55 +115,3 @@ def utc(dt, format=FORMAT):
 def gpsdate(gpstime, format=FORMAT):
     return dateformat.format(gpsToUtc(gpstime), format)
 
-
-# TAG that generates stuff that changes time display what-nots.
-
-
-# GPS time conversion
-
-# This is kind of awful in that leapSeconds
-# are hard coded and needs to be kept up to date.
-# Also, this should be somewhere else.
-# Also, there are almost certainly failing edge cases at leap second adjustment times.
-
-import calendar, datetime
-
-gpsEpoch = calendar.timegm((1980, 1, 6, 0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0))
-
-leapSeconds = map(calendar.timegm, [
-    (1981, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1982, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1983, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1985, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1988, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1990, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1991, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1992, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1993, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1994, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1996, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1997, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (1999, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (2006, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-    (2009, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-])
-
-def gpsToPosixTime(gpsTime):
-    t = gpsEpoch + gpsTime
-    for leap in leapSeconds:
-        if t >= leap:
-            t = t - 1
-    return t
-
-def posixToGpsTime(posixTime):
-    change = 0
-    for leap in leapSeconds:
-        if posixTime > leap:
-            change += 1
-    return posixTime + change - gpsEpoch
-
-def gpsToUtc(gpsTime):
-    t = gpsToPosixTime(gpsTime)
-    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t, pytz.utc)
-
-
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df4443682ffd88e45628cce3be6cd201616d11dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+# GPS time conversion
+
+# This is kind of awful in that leapSeconds
+# are hard coded and needs to be kept up to date.
+# Also, this probably is/will be/should be in glue.
+# Also, there are almost certainly failing edge cases at leap second adjustment times.
+# Oh yea, and I don't think this works exactly right for some periods 2006-2008, say.
+
+import pytz
+import datetime
+
+import calendar
+
+gpsEpoch = calendar.timegm((1980, 1, 6, 0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0))
+
+leapSeconds = map(calendar.timegm, [
+    (1981, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1982, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1983, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1985, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1988, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1990, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1991, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1992, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1993, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1994, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1996, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1997, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (1999, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (2006, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+    (2009, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+])
+
+def gpsToPosixTime(gpsTime):
+    t = gpsEpoch + gpsTime
+    for leap in leapSeconds:
+        if t >= leap:
+            t = t - 1
+    return t
+
+def posixToGpsTime(posixTime):
+    change = 0
+    for leap in leapSeconds:
+        if posixTime > leap:
+            change += 1
+    return posixTime + change - gpsEpoch
+
+def gpsToUtc(gpsTime):
+    t = gpsToPosixTime(gpsTime)
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t, pytz.utc)
+
+