diff --git a/application/config/autoload.php b/application/config/autoload.php
index 07f208e..29473a9 100755
--- a/application/config/autoload.php
+++ b/application/config/autoload.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ $autoload['libraries'] = array('lang_detect', 'database', 'session', 'access');
 |	$autoload['helper'] = array('url', 'file');
 */
 
-$autoload['helper'] = array('url', 'html', 'language');
+$autoload['helper'] = array('url', 'html', 'language', 'hash');
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/application/helpers/MY_date_helper.php b/application/helpers/MY_date_helper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f7147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/helpers/MY_date_helper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * Extends CI's date helpers.
+ *
+ * @author Karsten Heiken <karsten@disposed.de>
+ */
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter Date Helpers
+ *
+ * @package		CodeIgniter
+ * @subpackage	Helpers
+ * @category	Helpers
+ * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
+ * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html
+ */
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Get "now" time formatted for MySQL
+ *
+ * Returns time() formatted for direct insertion into a DATETIME field.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @return	integer
+ */
+if ( ! function_exists('mysql_now'))
+{
+	function mysql_now()
+	{
+		return mdate('%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s', now());
+	}
+}
+
+/* End of file MY_date_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./application/helpers/MY_date_helper.php */
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diff --git a/application/helpers/hash_helper.php b/application/helpers/hash_helper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b977ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/helpers/hash_helper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * Helper for generating hash values.
+ *
+ * @author Karsten Heiken <karsten@disposed.de>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Generate a pseudo-random SHA1-hash.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @return	integer
+ */
+if ( ! function_exists('random_hash'))
+{
+	function random_hash($len = 40)
+	{
+		return substr(sha1(rand(1,1000).now().rand(1001,2000)), 0, $len);
+	}
+}
+
+/* End of file MY_date_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./application/helpers/MY_date_helper.php */
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