function datetuple(d) {

    return [d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth()+1, d.getDate(), 

	    d.getHours(), d.getMinutes()];

}

function pprint(obj) {

    print('{');

    for(k in obj) {

	print('  ' + k + ' = ' + obj[k]);

    }

    print('}');

}

function arrayrepr(array) {

    return '[' + array.join(', ') + ']';

}

function assertArrayEquals(array1, array2) {

    if (array1.length != array2.length) {

	throw new crosscheck.AssertionFailure(array1.join(', ') + ' != ' + array2.join(', '));

    }

    for (var i=0; i<array1.length; i++) {

	if (array1[i] != array2[i]) {

	    throw new crosscheck.AssertionFailure(arrayrepr(array1) + ' and ' + arrayrepr(array2)

						 + ' differs at index ' + i);

	}

    }

}