text: from datetime import datetime, date
  from time import mktime, gmtime
  
  
  def clean_date(dateString):
      return iso8601date(dateString,"%B %Y") 
  
  def author_uri_dtic (name):
      """ dtic lists last name, first name, middle name as author name """
      last_name = name.split()[0]
      first_name = name.split()[1]
      return  "author/" + first_name[0].lower() + '.' + last_name.lower()
  
  def dtic_article_uri(title, abstract):
  	"""The URI for a DTIC article"""
  	return "article/dtic/" + getTextHash(title + abstract)