diff --git a/scripts/utils/classes.py b/scripts/utils/classes.py
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+import datetime
+import os
+import re
+
+from tzlocal import get_localzone
+
+
+class Detection:
+    def __init__(self, file_date, start_time, stop_time, scientific_name, common_name, confidence):
+        self.start = float(start_time)
+        self.stop = float(stop_time)
+        self.datetime = file_date + datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.start)
+        self.date = self.datetime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        self.time = self.datetime.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
+        self.iso8601 = self.datetime.astimezone(get_localzone()).isoformat()
+        self.week = self.datetime.isocalendar()[1]
+        self.confidence = round(float(confidence), 4)
+        self.confidence_pct = round(self.confidence * 100)
+        self.species = scientific_name
+        self.scientific_name = scientific_name
+        self.common_name = common_name
+        self.common_name_safe = self.common_name.replace("'", "").replace(" ", "_")
+        self.file_name_extr = None
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'Detection({self.species}, {self.common_name}, {self.confidence}, {self.iso8601})'
+
+
+class ParseFileName:
+    def __init__(self, file_name):
+        self.file_name = file_name
+        name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file_name))[0]
+        date_created = re.search('^[0-9]+-[0-9]+-[0-9]+', name).group()
+        time_created = re.search('[0-9]+:[0-9]+:[0-9]+$', name).group()
+        self.file_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(f'{date_created}T{time_created}', "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+        self.root = name
+
+        ident_match = re.search("RTSP_[0-9]+-", file_name)
+        self.RTSP_id = ident_match.group() if ident_match is not None else ""
+
+    @property
+    def iso8601(self):
+        current_iso8601 = self.file_date.astimezone(get_localzone()).isoformat()
+        return current_iso8601
+
+    @property
+    def week(self):
+        week = self.file_date.isocalendar()[1]
+        return week