"""
Serialization utilities for the OpenEventDatabase.
Provides JSON serialization functionality for event data.
"""

import json
from datetime import datetime

class EventEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    """
    Custom JSON encoder for event data.
    Handles datetime objects by converting them to ISO format strings.
    """
    def default(self, o):
        if isinstance(o, datetime):
            return o.isoformat()
        try:
            return super().default(o)
        except TypeError:
            return str(o)

def dumps(data):
    """
    Serialize data to JSON using the EventEncoder.
    
    Args:
        data: The data to serialize.
        
    Returns:
        str: The JSON string representation of the data.
    """
    return json.dumps(data, cls=EventEncoder, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=False)