Decode decodes a base64 encoded string and returns the original data.

Encode encodes the input data to a base64 string.

FormatDate formats a time.Time instance to a custom string format.

SanitizeAndCollapseWhitespace trims spaces and collapses multiple spaces into one.

SanitizeAndCollapseWhitespaceAndToLower trims spaces, collapses multiple spaces, and converts to lowercase.

SanitizeAndToLowerString trims leading and trailing white spaces from the input string.