diff --git a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
index 72890014c..9806a8362 100644
--- a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # The list of modules is ordered so that each library occurs after any others
 # that it depends on
 set( LIBRARIES
+   "lib-string-utils"
 )
 
 foreach( LIBRARY ${LIBRARIES} )
-   add_subdirectory("${LIBRARY}")
+   add_subdirectory( "${LIBRARY}" )
 endforeach()
 
 set( GRAPH_EDGES "${GRAPH_EDGES}" PARENT_SCOPE )
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60408eccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+set(TARGET lib-string-utils)
+set(TARGET_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} )
+
+def_vars()
+
+set(SOURCES
+    HexHelpers.h
+    
+    UrlEncode.h
+    UrlEncode.cpp
+
+    UrlDecode.h
+    UrlDecode.cpp
+
+    CodeConversions.h
+    CodeConversions.cpp
+
+    DateTimeConversions.h
+    DateTimeConversions.cpp
+)
+
+set( LIBRARIES
+   PRIVATE
+   wxwidgets::base
+)
+
+audacity_library( ${TARGET} "${SOURCES}" "${LIBRARIES}" "" "" )
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.cpp b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54fc4d748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file CodeConversions.cpp
+ @brief Define functions to preform UTF-8 to std::wstring conversions.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include "CodeConversions.h"
+
+#include <locale>
+#include <codecvt>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+std::string ToUTF8 (const std::wstring& wstr)
+{
+    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> ().to_bytes (wstr);
+}
+
+std::string ToUTF8 (const wchar_t* wstr)
+{
+    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> ().to_bytes (wstr);
+}
+
+std::string ToUTF8 (const wxString& wstr)
+{
+    return wstr.ToStdString (wxGet_wxConvUTF8 ());
+}
+
+std::wstring ToWString (const std::string& str)
+{
+    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> ().from_bytes (str);
+}
+
+std::wstring ToWString (const char* str)
+{
+    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> ().from_bytes (str);
+}
+
+std::wstring ToWString (const wxString& str)
+{
+    return str.ToStdWstring ();
+}
+
+wxString ToWXString (const std::string& str)
+{
+    return wxString::FromUTF8 (str);
+}
+
+wxString ToWXString (const std::wstring& str)
+{
+    return wxString (str);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.h b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96cfc7d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/CodeConversions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file CodeConversions.h
+ @brief Declare functions to preform UTF-8 to std::wstring conversions.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <wx/string.h>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string ToUTF8 (const std::wstring& wstr);
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string ToUTF8 (const wchar_t* wstr);
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string ToUTF8 (const wxString& wstr);
+
+// std::wstring is UTF16 on windows and UTF32 elsewhere.
+STRING_UTILS_API std::wstring ToWString (const std::string& str);
+STRING_UTILS_API std::wstring ToWString (const char* str);
+STRING_UTILS_API std::wstring ToWString (const wxString& str);
+
+STRING_UTILS_API wxString ToWXString (const std::string& str);
+STRING_UTILS_API wxString ToWXString (const std::wstring& str);
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.cpp b/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ad65082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file DateTimeConversions.cpp
+ @brief Define functions to work with date and time string representations.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include "DateTimeConversions.h"
+
+#include <wx/datetime.h>
+
+#include "CodeConversions.h"
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+bool ParseRFC822Date (const std::string& dateString, SystemTime* time)
+{
+    wxDateTime dt;
+    wxString::const_iterator end;
+
+    if (!dt.ParseRfc822Date (dateString, &end))
+        return false;
+
+    if (time != nullptr)
+        *time = std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t (dt.GetTicks ());
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+std::string SerializeRFC822Date (SystemTime timePoint)
+{
+    const wxDateTime dt (
+            time_t (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds> (
+                    timePoint.time_since_epoch ()
+            ).count ()));
+
+    return ToUTF8 (dt.Format("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"));
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.h b/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..875bfe6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/DateTimeConversions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file DateTimeConversions.h
+ @brief Declare functions to work with date and time string representations.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+using SystemTime = std::chrono::system_clock::time_point;
+
+STRING_UTILS_API bool ParseRFC822Date (const std::string& dateString, SystemTime* time);
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string SerializeRFC822Date (SystemTime timePoint);
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/HexHelpers.h b/libraries/lib-string-utils/HexHelpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32c5a0407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/HexHelpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file HexHelpers.h
+ @brief Define helper functions for hex-to-num conversion.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cctype>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+inline uint8_t HexCharToNum (char c) noexcept
+{
+    assert (std::isxdigit (c) != 0);
+
+    if ('0' <= c && c <= '9')
+        return c - '0';
+    else if ('A' <= c && c <= 'F')
+        return c - 'A' + 10;
+    else if ('a' <= c && c <= 'f')
+        return c - 'a' + 10;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.cpp b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da44737c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file UrlDecode.cpp
+ @brief Define a function to decode an URL encode string.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include "UrlDecode.h"
+
+#include "HexHelpers.h"
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+std::string UrlDecode (const std::string& url)
+{
+    std::string result;
+
+    const size_t length = url.length ();
+
+    for (auto it = url.begin (), end = url.end (); it != end; ++it)
+    {
+        const char c = *it; 
+
+        if (c != '%')
+        {
+            result.push_back (c);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (++it == url.end ())
+                break; // Malformed input string
+
+            const char c1 = *it; 
+            
+            if (++it == url.end ())
+                break; // Malformed input string
+
+            const char c2 = *it;
+
+            result.push_back (HexCharToNum (c1) << 4 | HexCharToNum (c2));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.h b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3860ef4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlDecode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file UrlDecode.h
+ @brief Declare a function to decode an URL encode string.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string UrlDecode (const std::string& url);
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.cpp b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64916e25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file UrlEncode.cpp
+ @brief Define a function to perfom URL encoding of a string.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#include "UrlEncode.h"
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+std::string UrlEncode (const std::string& url)
+{
+    std::string escaped;
+
+    for (char c : url)
+    {
+        if (('0' <= c && c <= '9') ||
+            ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') ||
+            ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') ||
+            (c == '~' || c == '-' || c == '_' || c == '.')
+            )
+        {
+            escaped.push_back (c);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            static const char symbolLookup[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+
+            escaped.push_back ('%');
+
+            escaped.push_back (symbolLookup[(c & 0xF0) >> 4]);
+            escaped.push_back (symbolLookup[(c & 0x0F) >> 0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return escaped;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.h b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3c3cd02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-string-utils/UrlEncode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*!********************************************************************
+
+ Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+ @file UrlEncode.h
+ @brief Declare a function to perfom URL encoding of a string.
+
+ Dmitry Vedenko
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace audacity
+{
+
+STRING_UTILS_API std::string UrlEncode (const std::string& url);
+
+}