diff --git a/host_epoch.cpp b/host_epoch.cpp
index f45581d..3b4c00e 100644
--- a/host_epoch.cpp
+++ b/host_epoch.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #include "host_epoch.hpp"
+#include "utils.hpp"
 
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 
-#include <fstream>
-
 namespace phosphor
 {
 namespace time
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
 HostEpoch::HostEpoch(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus,
                      const char* objPath)
     : EpochBase(bus, objPath),
-      offset(readData<decltype(offset)::rep>(offsetFile))
+      offset(utils::readData<decltype(offset)::rep>(offsetFile))
 {
     // Empty
 }
@@ -41,34 +40,12 @@
     offset = time - getTime();
 
     // Store the offset to file
-    writeData(offsetFile, offset.count());
+    utils::writeData(offsetFile, offset.count());
 
     server::EpochTime::elapsed(value);
     return value;
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-T HostEpoch::readData(const char* fileName)
-{
-    T data{};
-    std::ifstream fs(fileName);
-    if (fs.is_open())
-    {
-        fs >> data;
-    }
-    return data;
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void HostEpoch::writeData(const char* fileName, T&& data)
-{
-    std::ofstream fs(fileName, std::ios::out);
-    if (fs.is_open())
-    {
-        fs << std::forward<T>(data);
-    }
-}
-
 } // namespace time
 } // namespace phosphor