Implement quotes.

quotes/lib.py

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+from typing import Optional
+import datetime as dt
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+def minify(content: str, maxlength: int, strip: Optional[str] = ' ', newlines: str = ' '):
+    content.replace('\n', newlines)
+    if strip:
+        content = content.strip(strip)
+
+    if len(content) > maxlength:
+        new_content = content[maxlength-3] + '...'
+    else:
+        new_content = content
+    return content
+
+
+def utc_now():
+    return datetime.now(dt.UTC)