diff --git a/sugar/date.py b/sugar/date.py
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+import datetime
+
+class Date(object):
+    def __init__(self, timestamp):
+        self._timestamp = timestamp
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        date = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(self._timestamp)
+        today = datetime.date.today()
+
+        # FIXME localization
+        if date == today:
+            result = 'Today'
+        elif date == today - datetime.timedelta(1):
+            result = 'Yesterday'
+        elif date.year == today.year:
+            result = date.strftime('%B %d')
+        else:
+            result = date.strftime('%B %d, %Y')
+
+        time = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(self._timestamp)
+        result = result + ', ' + time.strftime('%I:%M %p')
+
+        return result