merge from jktest7

diff --git a/sfa/util/sfatime.py b/sfa/util/sfatime.py
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+import dateutil.parser
+
+def utcparse(str):
+    """ Translate a string into a time using dateutil.parser.parse but make sure it's in UTC time and strip
+    the timezone, so that it's compatible with normal datetime.datetime objects"""
+    
+    t = dateutil.parser.parse(str)
+    if not t.utcoffset() is None:
+        t = t.utcoffset() + t.replace(tzinfo=None)
+    return t