diff --git a/qa/eeschema/uuid_test_utils.cpp b/qa/eeschema/uuid_test_utils.cpp
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+/*
+ * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, you may find one here:
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * or you may search the http://www.gnu.org website for the version 2 license,
+ * or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#include "uuid_test_utils.h"
+
+#include <unit_test_utils/unit_test_utils.h>
+
+namespace KI_TEST
+{
+
+bool IsUUID( const std::string& aStr )
+{
+    std::regex uuid( "[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}" );
+    std::smatch match;
+
+    return std::regex_match( aStr, match, uuid );
+}
+
+
+bool IsUUIDPathWithLevels( const std::string& aStr, unsigned aLevels )
+{
+    // A UUID is formated as 8-4-4-4-12
+    const unsigned tsLen = 36;
+    const unsigned levelLen = tsLen + 1; // add the /
+
+    if( aStr.size() != aLevels * levelLen + 1 )
+    {
+        BOOST_TEST_INFO( "String is the wrong length for " << aLevels << " levels." );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if( aStr[0] != '/' )
+    {
+        BOOST_TEST_INFO( "Doesn't start with '/'" );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto tsBegin = aStr.begin() + 1;
+
+    for( unsigned i = 0; i < aLevels; i++ )
+    {
+        if( !IsUUID( std::string( tsBegin, tsBegin + tsLen ) ) )
+        {
+            BOOST_TEST_INFO( "Not a UUID at level "
+                             << i << ": " << std::string( tsBegin, tsBegin + tsLen ) );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if( *( tsBegin + tsLen ) != '/' )
+        {
+            BOOST_TEST_INFO( "level doesn't end in '/'" );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        tsBegin += levelLen;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace KI_TEST
diff --git a/qa/eeschema/uuid_test_utils.h b/qa/eeschema/uuid_test_utils.h
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+/*
+ * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, you may find one here:
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * or you may search the http://www.gnu.org website for the version 2 license,
+ * or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef QA_UUID_TEST_UTILS__H
+#define QA_UUID_TEST_UTILS__H
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
+#include <regex>
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Test utilities for timestamps
+ */
+
+namespace KI_TEST
+{
+
+/**
+ * Check if the string between the iterators looks like a UUID
+ */
+bool IsUUID( const std::string& aStr );
+
+
+/**
+ * Predicate to check a string is a UUID path format
+ *
+ * Eg. levels=2: /1d33ca6f-67e8-41ae-a0aa-49d857ab38d5/1d33ca6f-67e8-41ae-a0aa-49d857ab38d5/
+ *
+ * @param  aStr   candidate string
+ * @param  levels expected levels
+ * @return        true if format matches
+ */
+bool IsUUIDPathWithLevels( const std::string& aStr, unsigned aLevels );
+
+} // namespace KI_TEST
+
+#endif // QA_UUID_TEST_UTILS__H
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