"""Small cross-cutting helpers shared across modules (kept dependency-light on purpose)."""
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone

# Single source of truth for "looks like an email" — used by every endpoint that accepts an
# address (auth register/reset/demo, admin invites + demo whitelist, the setup wizard). Keep
# the strictness in one place so routes don't drift between this and a looser "@"-in check.
_EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r"^[^@\s]+@[^@\s]+\.[^@\s]+$")


def valid_email(value: str | None) -> bool:
    return bool(value and _EMAIL_RE.match(value))


def now_utc() -> datetime:
    """Current time as a timezone-aware UTC datetime."""
    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
