diff --git a/php.py b/php.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 524d95223..000000000
--- a/php.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY
-# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# for more details.
-
-"Módulo con funciones y objetos para compatibilidad con PHP"
-
-__author__ = "Mariano Reingart (mariano@nsis.com.ar)"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2008 Mariano Reingart"
-__license__ = "LGPL 3.0"
-__version__ = "1.0"
-
-import datetime, sys, time
-import xml.dom.minidom
-import httplib2
-from soap import SoapFault, SoapClient, parse_proxy, SimpleXMLElement
-
-def date(fmt=None,timestamp=None):
-    "Manejo de fechas (simil PHP)"
-    if fmt=='U': # return timestamp
-        t = datetime.datetime.now()
-        return int(time.mktime(t.timetuple()))
-    if fmt=='c': # return isoformat 
-        d = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
-        return d.isoformat()
-    if fmt=='Ymd':
-        d = datetime.datetime.now()
-        return d.strftime("%Y%m%d")
-
-
diff --git a/pyrece.py b/pyrece.py
index 2763d127a..89883710a 100644
--- a/pyrece.py
+++ b/pyrece.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import traceback
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 import wsaa, wsfe, wsfev1, wsfexv1
-from php import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
+from utils import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
diff --git a/rece1.py b/rece1.py
index 8fb56b3cf..21567f112 100644
--- a/rece1.py
+++ b/rece1.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # revisar la instalación de pyafip.ws:
 import wsfev1
-from php import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
+from utils import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
 from utils import leer, escribir, leer_dbf, guardar_dbf, N, A, I, abrir_conf
 
 
diff --git a/recem.py b/recem.py
index 10e801c6e..29a11c769 100644
--- a/recem.py
+++ b/recem.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 # revisar la instalación de pyafip.ws:
 import wsmtx
-from php import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
+from utils import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
 from utils import leer, escribir, leer_dbf, guardar_dbf, N, A, I, abrir_conf
 
 
diff --git a/recex1.py b/recex1.py
index 8d24220d7..af90017b6 100644
--- a/recex1.py
+++ b/recex1.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 # revisar la instalación de pyafip.ws:
 import wsfexv1
-from php import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
+from utils import SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault, date
 from utils import leer, escribir, leer_dbf, guardar_dbf, N, A, I, abrir_conf
 
 
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 9992ec112..66c6a6921 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2013 Mariano Reingart"
 __license__ = "GPL 3.0"
 
+import datetime
 import functools
 import inspect
 import locale
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import stat
+import time
 import traceback
 import warnings
 from cStringIO import StringIO
@@ -840,6 +842,19 @@ def norm(x, encoding="latin1"):
     return unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', x).encode('ASCII', 'ignore')
 
 
+def date(fmt=None,timestamp=None):
+    "Manejo de fechas (simil PHP)"
+    if fmt=='U': # return timestamp
+        t = datetime.datetime.now()
+        return int(time.mktime(t.timetuple()))
+    if fmt=='c': # return isoformat 
+        d = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
+        return d.isoformat()
+    if fmt=='Ymd':
+        d = datetime.datetime.now()
+        return d.strftime("%Y%m%d")
+
+
 def get_install_dir():
     if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"): 
         basepath = __file__
diff --git a/wdigdepfiel.py b/wdigdepfiel.py
index c1a77247e..9d3d79639 100644
--- a/wdigdepfiel.py
+++ b/wdigdepfiel.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 """
 
 import os, sys, time
-from php import date, SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault
+from utils import date, SimpleXMLElement, SoapClient, SoapFault
 
 WSDDFURL = "https://testdia.afip.gov.ar/Dia/Ws/wDigDepFiel/wDigDepFiel.asmx"
 SOAP_ACTION = 'ar.gov.afip.dia.serviciosWeb.wDigDepFiel/'
diff --git a/wsaa.py b/wsaa.py
index b7e304a6a..486b6ef34 100644
--- a/wsaa.py
+++ b/wsaa.py
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 
 import hashlib, datetime, email, os, sys, time, traceback, warnings
 import unicodedata
-from php import date
 from pysimplesoap.client import SimpleXMLElement
 from utils import inicializar_y_capturar_excepciones, BaseWS, get_install_dir, \
-     exception_info, safe_console
+     exception_info, safe_console, date
 try:
     from M2Crypto import BIO, Rand, SMIME, SSL
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/wsctgv3.py b/wsctgv3.py
index 0e3659cff..418e64e47 100644
--- a/wsctgv3.py
+++ b/wsctgv3.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 """
 
 import os, sys, time, base64
-from php import date
+from utils import date
 import traceback
 from pysimplesoap.client import SoapFault
 import utils