old_contents: # PMUtil.py
  # Phenotype microarray utility functions
  #
  # Author: Daniel A Cuevas
  # Created on 27 Jan. 2015
  # Updated on 27 Jan. 2015
  
  from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
  import sys
  import time
  import datetime
  
  
  def timeStamp():
      '''Return time stamp'''
      t = time.time()
      fmt = '[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]'
      return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t).strftime(fmt)
  
  
  def printStatus(msg):
      '''Print status message'''
      print('{}    {}'.format(timeStamp(), msg), file=sys.stderr)
      sys.stderr.flush()
  
new_contents: # PMUtil.py
  # Phenotype microarray utility functions
  #
  # Author: Daniel A Cuevas
  # Created on 27 Jan 2015
  # Updated on 20 Aug 2015
  
  from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
  import sys
  import time
  import datetime
  
  
  def timeStamp():
      '''Return time stamp'''
      t = time.time()
      fmt = '[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]'
      return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t).strftime(fmt)
  
  
  def printStatus(msg):
      '''Print status message'''
      print('{}    {}'.format(timeStamp(), msg), file=sys.stderr)
      sys.stderr.flush()
  
  
  def exitScript(num=1):
      '''Exit script'''
      sys.exit(num)
  
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