diff --git a/gallery_dl/dt.py b/gallery_dl/dt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b99a291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery_dl/dt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2025 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Date/Time utilities"""
+
+import sys
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta, timezone  # noqa F401
+
+EPOCH = datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+SECOND = timedelta(0, 1)
+
+
+def parse_datetime(date_string, format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z", utcoffset=0):
+    """Create a datetime object by parsing 'date_string'"""
+    try:
+        d = datetime.strptime(date_string, format)
+        o = d.utcoffset()
+        if o is not None:
+            # convert to naive UTC
+            d = d.replace(tzinfo=None, microsecond=0) - o
+        else:
+            if d.microsecond:
+                d = d.replace(microsecond=0)
+            if utcoffset:
+                # apply manual UTC offset
+                d += timedelta(0, utcoffset * -3600)
+        return d
+    except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError):
+        return None
+    except (ValueError, OverflowError):
+        return date_string
+
+
+def to_datetime(value):
+    """Convert 'value' to a datetime object"""
+    if not value:
+        return EPOCH
+
+    if isinstance(value, datetime):
+        return value
+
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        try:
+            if value[-1] == "Z":
+                # compat for Python < 3.11
+                value = value[:-1]
+            dt = datetime.fromisoformat(value)
+            if dt.tzinfo is None:
+                if dt.microsecond:
+                    dt = dt.replace(microsecond=0)
+            else:
+                # convert to naive UTC
+                dt = dt.astimezone(timezone.utc).replace(
+                    microsecond=0, tzinfo=None)
+            return dt
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return parse_timestamp(value, EPOCH)
+
+
+def datetime_to_timestamp(dt):
+    """Convert naive UTC datetime to Unix timestamp"""
+    return (dt - EPOCH) / SECOND
+
+
+def datetime_to_timestamp_string(dt):
+    """Convert naive UTC datetime to Unix timestamp string"""
+    try:
+        return str((dt - EPOCH) // SECOND)
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+
+if sys.hexversion < 0x30c0000:
+    # Python <= 3.11
+    datetime_utcfromtimestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp
+    datetime_utcnow = datetime.utcnow
+    datetime_from_timestamp = datetime_utcfromtimestamp
+
+    def parse_timestamp(ts, default=None):
+        """Create a datetime object from a Unix timestamp"""
+        try:
+            return datetime_utcfromtimestamp(int(ts))
+        except Exception:
+            return default
+else:
+    # Python >= 3.12
+    def datetime_from_timestamp(ts=None):
+        """Convert Unix timestamp to naive UTC datetime"""
+        Y, m, d, H, M, S, _, _, _ = time.gmtime(ts)
+        return datetime(Y, m, d, H, M, S)
+
+    def parse_timestamp(ts, default=None):
+        """Create a datetime object from a Unix timestamp"""
+        try:
+            return datetime_from_timestamp(int(ts))
+        except Exception:
+            return default
+
+    datetime_utcfromtimestamp = datetime_from_timestamp
+    datetime_utcnow = datetime_from_timestamp
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index bc70f747..fba1b71c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.30.10"
+__version__ = "1.30.11-dev"
 __variant__ = None