diff --git a/src/encoding.rs b/src/encoding.rs
index c6a3df5f4..653894a96 100644
--- a/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/src/encoding.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use flate2::write::{GzEncoder, DeflateDecoder, DeflateEncoder};
 use brotli2::write::{BrotliDecoder, BrotliEncoder};
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, BufMut, Writer};
 
-use utils;
+use helpers;
 use body::{Body, Binary};
 use error::PayloadError;
 use httprequest::HttpMessage;
@@ -411,13 +411,13 @@ impl PayloadEncoder {
                     let b = enc.get_mut().take();
 
                     resp.headers_mut().insert(
-                        CONTENT_LENGTH, utils::convert_into_header(b.len()));
+                        CONTENT_LENGTH, helpers::convert_into_header(b.len()));
                     *bytes = Binary::from(b);
                     encoding = ContentEncoding::Identity;
                     TransferEncoding::eof()
                 } else {
                     resp.headers_mut().insert(
-                        CONTENT_LENGTH, utils::convert_into_header(bytes.len()));
+                        CONTENT_LENGTH, helpers::convert_into_header(bytes.len()));
                     TransferEncoding::eof()
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/h1writer.rs b/src/h1writer.rs
index 7815df2cd..956f752b3 100644
--- a/src/h1writer.rs
+++ b/src/h1writer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use tokio_io::AsyncWrite;
 use http::Version;
 use http::header::{HeaderValue, CONNECTION, CONTENT_TYPE, DATE};
 
-use utils;
+use helpers;
 use body::Body;
 use encoding::PayloadEncoder;
 use httprequest::HttpMessage;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl<T: AsyncWrite> Writer for H1Writer<T> {
                 Version::HTTP_10 => buffer.extend_from_slice(b"HTTP/1.0 "),
                 Version::HTTP_09 => buffer.extend_from_slice(b"HTTP/0.9 "),
             }
-            utils::convert_u16(msg.status().as_u16(), &mut buffer);
+            helpers::convert_u16(msg.status().as_u16(), &mut buffer);
             buffer.extend_from_slice(b" ");
             buffer.extend_from_slice(msg.reason().as_bytes());
             buffer.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ impl<T: AsyncWrite> Writer for H1Writer<T> {
                 buffer.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
             }
 
-            // using utils::date is quite a lot faster
+            // using helpers::date is quite a lot faster
             if !msg.headers().contains_key(DATE) {
-                buffer.reserve(utils::DATE_VALUE_LENGTH + 8);
+                buffer.reserve(helpers::DATE_VALUE_LENGTH + 8);
                 buffer.extend_from_slice(b"Date: ");
-                utils::extend(&mut buffer);
+                helpers::date(&mut buffer);
                 buffer.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/h2writer.rs b/src/h2writer.rs
index bfc596dc9..53a07b80f 100644
--- a/src/h2writer.rs
+++ b/src/h2writer.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use http2::server::Respond;
 use http::{Version, HttpTryFrom, Response};
 use http::header::{HeaderValue, CONNECTION, CONTENT_TYPE, TRANSFER_ENCODING, DATE};
 
-use utils;
+use helpers;
 use body::Body;
 use encoding::PayloadEncoder;
 use httprequest::HttpMessage;
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ impl Writer for H2Writer {
         msg.headers_mut().remove(CONNECTION);
         msg.headers_mut().remove(TRANSFER_ENCODING);
 
-        // using utils::date is quite a lot faster
+        // using helpers::date is quite a lot faster
         if !msg.headers().contains_key(DATE) {
             let mut bytes = BytesMut::with_capacity(29);
-            utils::extend(&mut bytes);
+            helpers::date(&mut bytes);
             msg.headers_mut().insert(DATE, HeaderValue::try_from(&bytes[..]).unwrap());
         }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/helpers.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/utils.rs
rename to src/helpers.rs
index 878391f9e..b849ba5b0 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use http::header::HeaderValue;
 // "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT".len()
 pub const DATE_VALUE_LENGTH: usize = 29;
 
-pub fn extend(dst: &mut BytesMut) {
+pub fn date(dst: &mut BytesMut) {
     CACHED.with(|cache| {
         dst.extend_from_slice(cache.borrow().buffer());
     })
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4623b7a85..ce50edcb2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern crate tokio_openssl;
 mod application;
 mod body;
 mod context;
-mod utils;
+mod helpers;
 mod encoding;
 mod httprequest;
 mod httpresponse;
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 50d47d2ec..95e3ed2e5 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use openssl::pkcs12::ParsedPkcs12;
 #[cfg(feature="alpn")]
 use tokio_openssl::{SslStream, SslAcceptorExt};
 
-use utils;
+use helpers;
 use channel::{HttpChannel, HttpHandler, IntoHttpHandler};
 
 /// Various server settings
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl<T: 'static, A: 'static, H, U: 'static> Actor for HttpServer<T, A, H, U> {
 
 impl<T: 'static, A: 'static, H, U: 'static>  HttpServer<T, A, H, U> {
     fn update_time(&self, ctx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        utils::update_date();
+        helpers::update_date();
         ctx.run_later(Duration::new(1, 0), |slf, ctx| slf.update_time(ctx));
     }
 }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ impl<H: 'static> Worker<H> {
     }
     
     fn update_time(&self, ctx: &mut Context<Self>) {
-        utils::update_date();
+        helpers::update_date();
         ctx.run_later(Duration::new(1, 0), |slf, ctx| slf.update_time(ctx));
     }
 }