From b28ec3e9b03f1595eaf4bb82ef1f01c3c4d1c2b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Golding <rob@robgolding.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:52:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add serialize/deserialize methods for annotations

---
 tasklib/task.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index 85ba042..80f08e9 100644
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ class Task(object):
             return None
         return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, DATE_FORMAT)
 
+    def serialize_annotations(self, annotations):
+        ann_list = list(annotations)
+        for ann in ann_list:
+            ann['entry'] = ann['entry'].strftime(DATE_FORMAT)
+        return ann_list
+
+    def deserialize_annotations(self, annotations):
+        ann_list = list(annotations)
+        for ann in ann_list:
+            ann['entry'] = datetime.datetime.strptime(
+                ann['entry'], DATE_FORMAT)
+        return ann_list
+
     def regenerate_uuid(self):
         self['uuid'] = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
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