--- a/taskapp/admin.py	Tue Feb 23 13:14:18 2010 +0530
+++ b/taskapp/admin.py	Tue Feb 23 14:31:54 2010 +0530
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-from pytask.taskapp.models import Profile, Task, Credit, Comment, Claim
+from pytask.taskapp.models import Profile, Task, Credit, Comment, Claim, Notification
 
 admin.site.register(Profile)
 admin.site.register(Task)
 admin.site.register(Comment)
 admin.site.register(Credit)
 admin.site.register(Claim)
+admin.site.register(Notification)

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/taskapp/utilities/notification.py	Tue Feb 23 14:31:54 2010 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from pytask.taskapp.models import Notification
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def create_notification(to,subject,message):
+    """
+    creates a notification based on the passed arguments.
+        to - a list of users to which the notification is to be sent
+        subject - subject of the notification message to be sent
+        message - message body of the notification
+    """
+    notification = Notification(sent_date = datetime.now())
+    notification.save()
+    notification.to = to
+    notification.sub = subject
+    notification.message = message
+    notification.save()