"""Utils for dates.

There are some challenges with working with dates. Those methods are
simplifying the default python api.
"""

from datetime import datetime
from datetime import timezone


def now_utc_timestamp():
    """Create a utc timestamp.

    Args:
        timestamp (int): the current timestamp, optional.

    Returns:
        int: the timestamp.
    """
    return datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp()