diff --git a/bamboohr/item.go b/bamboohr/item.go
index 39bdeab0..cc18590b 100644
--- a/bamboohr/item.go
+++ b/bamboohr/item.go
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ package bamboohr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
-)
+	//"time"
 
-// DateFormat defines the format we expect to receive dates from BambooHR in
-const DateFormat = "2006-01-02"
+	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
+)
 
 type Item struct {
 	Employee Employee `xml:"employee"`
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ func (item *Item) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Item: %s, %s, %s, %s", item.Type, item.Employee.Name, item.Start, item.End)
 }
 
-/* -------------------- Public Functions -------------------- */
+/* -------------------- Exported Functions -------------------- */
 
 func (item *Item) IsOneDay() bool {
 	return item.Start == item.End
@@ -35,12 +34,9 @@ func (item *Item) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (item *Item) PrettyStart() string {
-	newTime, _ := time.Parse(DateFormat, item.Start)
-	return fmt.Sprint(newTime.Format("Jan 2, 2006"))
+	return wtf.PrettyDate(item.Start)
 }
 
 func (item *Item) PrettyEnd() string {
-	newTime, _ := time.Parse(DateFormat, item.End)
-	end := fmt.Sprint(newTime.Format("Jan 2, 2006"))
-	return end
+	return wtf.PrettyDate(item.End)
 }
diff --git a/wtf/utils.go b/wtf/utils.go
index fd4c6308..da098444 100644
--- a/wtf/utils.go
+++ b/wtf/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// DateFormat defines the format we expect to receive dates from BambooHR in
+const DateFormat = "2006-01-02"
+
 func CenterText(str string, width int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%[1]*s", -width, fmt.Sprintf("%[1]*s", (width+len(str))/2, str))
 }
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ func ExecuteCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) string {
 	return str
 }
 
+func PrettyDate(dateStr string) string {
+	newTime, _ := time.Parse(DateFormat, dateStr)
+	return fmt.Sprint(newTime.Format("Jan 2, 2006"))
+}
+
 func Today() string {
 	localNow := time.Now().Local()
 	return localNow.Format("2006-01-02")