text: #!/usr/bin/python2
  from datetime   import datetime
  from errno      import EINVAL
  from imp        import load_source
  from json       import dump
  from os         import chmod, mkdir, stat
  from os.path    import dirname, join, isdir, isfile, realpath
  from re         import search
  from sys        import exc_info, version_info
  
  if hasattr(datetime, 'strptime'):
      # Only available in this module in Python 2.5+
      strptime = datetime.strptime
  else:
      # Only for Python 2.4
      import time
      strptime = lambda date_string, format: datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:6]))
  
  pathToCurrentScript = realpath(__file__)
  pathToCommonScriptsFolder = dirname(pathToCurrentScript)
  
  def get_current_timestamp():
      currentDateTime = datetime.now()
      currentDateTimeFormattedString = datetime.strftime(currentDateTime, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
      return str(currentDateTimeFormattedString)
  
  def get_permission_in_oct(threeDigitString):
      # Note: Python 2.4 and 3 recognize different formats for octal
      strMode = "0" + threeDigitString
  
      octMode = int(strMode, base = 8)
      return octMode
  
  def ensure_file_permissions(filePath, permissionString):
      desiredPermission = get_permission_in_oct(permissionString)
  
      # Ensure that the file has the desired permissions if it exists
      if (isfile(filePath)):
          filePermission = oct(stat(filePath).st_mode & desiredPermission)
          if (not (filePermission == desiredPermission)):
              chmod(filePath, desiredPermission)
  