diff --git a/core/include/Common/DateUtils.h b/core/include/Common/DateUtils.h
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+++ b/core/include/Common/DateUtils.h
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+#ifndef SCIQLOP_DATEUTILS_H
+#define SCIQLOP_DATEUTILS_H
+
+#include "CoreGlobal.h"
+
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+/**
+ * Utility class with methods for dates
+ */
+struct SCIQLOP_CORE_EXPORT DateUtils {
+    /// Converts seconds (since epoch) to datetime. By default, the datetime is in UTC
+    static QDateTime dateTime(double secs, Qt::TimeSpec timeSpec = Qt::UTC) noexcept;
+
+    /// Converts datetime to seconds since epoch
+    static double secondsSinceEpoch(const QDateTime &dateTime) noexcept;
+};
+
+#endif // SCIQLOP_DATEUTILS_H
diff --git a/core/src/Common/DateUtils.cpp b/core/src/Common/DateUtils.cpp
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+++ b/core/src/Common/DateUtils.cpp
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+#include "Common/DateUtils.h"
+
+QDateTime DateUtils::dateTime(double secs, Qt::TimeSpec timeSpec) noexcept
+{
+    // Uses msecs to be Qt 4 compatible
+    return QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(secs * 1000., timeSpec);
+}
+
+double DateUtils::secondsSinceEpoch(const QDateTime &dateTime) noexcept
+{
+    // Uses msecs to be Qt 4 compatible
+    return dateTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch() / 1000.;
+}