diff --git a/features/esm.py b/features/esm.py
index 67635b8..ca3a936 100644
--- a/features/esm.py
+++ b/features/esm.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import datetime
 from collections.abc import Collection
 
+import helper
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-from pytz import timezone
 
 from config.models import ESM, Participant
 from setup import db_engine, session
 
-TZ_LJ = timezone("Europe/Ljubljana")
 ESM_STATUS_ANSWERED = 2
 
 GROUP_SESSIONS_BY = ["participant_id", "device_id", "esm_session"]
@@ -67,14 +66,8 @@ def preprocess_esm(df_esm: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
     df_esm_preprocessed: pd.DataFrame
         A dataframe with added columns: datetime in Ljubljana timezone and all fields from ESM_JSON column.
     """
-    df_esm["datetime_lj"] = df_esm["double_esm_user_answer_timestamp"].apply(
-        lambda x: datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(x / 1000.0, tz=TZ_LJ)
-    )
-    df_esm = df_esm.assign(
-        date_lj=lambda x: (x.datetime_lj - datetime.timedelta(hours=4)).dt.date
-    )
-    # Since daytime EMAs could *theoretically* last beyond midnight, but never after 4 AM,
-    # the datetime is first translated to 4 h earlier.
+    df_esm = helper.get_date_from_timestamp(df_esm)
+
     df_esm_json = pd.json_normalize(df_esm["esm_json"]).drop(
         columns=["esm_trigger"]
     )  # The esm_trigger column is already present in the main df.
diff --git a/features/helper.py b/features/helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23c4569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import datetime
+
+import pandas as pd
+from pytz import timezone
+
+TZ_LJ = timezone("Europe/Ljubljana")
+
+
+def get_date_from_timestamp(df_aware) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    df_aware["datetime_lj"] = df_aware["double_esm_user_answer_timestamp"].apply(
+        lambda x: datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(x / 1000.0, tz=TZ_LJ)
+    )
+    df_aware = df_aware.assign(
+        date_lj=lambda x: (x.datetime_lj - datetime.timedelta(hours=4)).dt.date
+    )
+    # Since daytime EMAs could *theoretically* last beyond midnight, but never after 4 AM,
+    # the datetime is first translated to 4 h earlier.
+
+    return df_aware