--- a/include/common-transit.inc.php
+++ b/include/common-transit.inc.php
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
 	'saturday',
 	'weekday'
 );
-function service_period()
+
+function service_period($date = "")
 {
+	
 	if (isset($_SESSION['service_period'])) return $_SESSION['service_period'];
-	switch (date('w')) {
+	$override = getServiceOverride($date);
+	if ($override['service_id']){
+		return $override['service_id'];
+	}
+
+	switch (date('w',($date != "" ? $date : time()))) {
 	case 0:
 		return 'sunday';
 	case 6:
@@ -16,9 +23,12 @@
 		return 'weekday';
 	}
 }
-function midnight_seconds()
+function midnight_seconds($time = "")
 {
 	// from http://www.perturb.org/display/Perlfunc__Seconds_Since_Midnight.html
+	if ($time != "") {
+		return (date("G", $time) * 3600) + (date("i", $time) * 60) + date("s", $time);
+	}
 	if (isset($_SESSION['time'])) {
 		$time = strtotime($_SESSION['time']);
 		return (date("G", $time) * 3600) + (date("i", $time) * 60) + date("s", $time);
@@ -35,39 +45,5 @@
 		return "";
 	}
 }
-function viaPoints($tripid, $stopid, $timingPointsOnly = false)
-{
-	global $APIurl;
-	$url = $APIurl . "/json/tripstoptimes?trip=" . $tripid;
-	$json = json_decode(getPage($url));
-	debug(print_r($json, true));
-	$stops = $json[0];
-	$times = $json[1];
-	$foundStop = false;
-	$viaPoints = Array();
-	foreach ($stops as $key => $row) {
-		if ($foundStop) {
-			if (!$timingPointsOnly || !startsWith($row[5], "Wj")) {
-				$viaPoints[] = Array(
-					"id" => $row[0],
-					"name" => $row[1],
-					"time" => $times[$key]
-				);
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			if ($row[0] == $stopid) $foundStop = true;
-		}
-	}
-	return $viaPoints;
-}
-function viaPointNames($tripid, $stopid)
-{
-	$points = viaPoints($tripid, $stopid, true);
-	$pointNames = Array();
-	foreach ($points as $point) {
-		$pointNames[] = $point['name'];
-	}
-	return implode(", ", $pointNames);
-}
 ?>
+