diff --git a/main/flaredetector/util.py b/main/flaredetector/util.py
index fa7f56b..95367d5 100644
--- a/main/flaredetector/util.py
+++ b/main/flaredetector/util.py
@@ -22,6 +22,38 @@ def findMaxIndices(lc, num=3, distance=100, height=(None, None), sortByHighest=F
     else:
         return peak_indices[0:num]
 
+def findNonNanTimeDeltas(lc, column):
+    timedeltas = []
+    nonNanIndices = np.where(~np.isnan(lc[column]))[0]
+
+    if len(nonNanIndices) == 0:
+        return timedeltas
+
+    start = nonNanIndices[0]
+    end = start
+
+    for i in range(1, len(nonNanIndices)):
+        if nonNanIndices[i] == nonNanIndices[i-1] + 1:
+            end = nonNanIndices[i]
+        else:
+            timedeltas.append((lc.time[start], lc.time[end]))
+            start = nonNanIndices[i]
+            end = start
+
+    timedeltas.append((lc.time[start], lc.time[end]))
+
+    return [timedelta[1] - timedelta[0] for timedelta in timedeltas]
+
+def getTimeDeltaInSeconds(timedelta):
+    return int(timedelta.to_value("sec"))
+
+def getTotalValidDataInSeconds(lc, column):
+    tds = findNonNanTimeDeltas(lc, column)
+    validDataTime = 0
+    for td in tds:
+        validDataTime += getTimeDeltaInSeconds(td)
+    return validDataTime, tds
+
 def plotFlarePeaks(ax, peaks, flux = None):
     if(flux is None):
         for peak in peaks: