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+/**
+ * Describes common utility functions shared between CPER projects within this repository.
+ * No functions here depend on json-c or b64.c.
+ * 
+ * Author: Lawrence.Tang@arm.com
+ **/
+
+#include "edk/BaseTypes.h"
+#include "common-utils.h"
+
+//Converts the given BCD byte to a standard integer.
+int bcd_to_int(UINT8 bcd)
+{
+    return ((bcd & 0xF0) >> 4) * 10 + (bcd & 0x0F);
+}
+
+//Converts the given integer to a single byte BCD.
+UINT8 int_to_bcd(int value)
+{
+    UINT8 result = 0;
+    int shift = 0;
+    while (value > 0) {
+        result |= (value % 10) << (shift++ << 2);
+        value /= 10;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
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