def str_to_epoch_comments(rt_style_date_str):
    """ RT stores things as '2014-08-21 21:22:00' """
    date = datetime.strptime(rt_style_date_str, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    return int(float(util.datetime_to_epoch(date)))
def str_to_epoch(rt_style_date_str):
    """ RT stores things as 'Fri Aug 15 19:45:51 2014' """
    date = datetime.strptime(rt_style_date_str, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y')
    return int(float(util.datetime_to_epoch(date)))