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+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Iterator, Iterable
+from datetime import datetime
+import pytz
+
+from lxml import etree # type: ignore
+
+BPATH = Path("/L/backups/smscalls")
+
+
+class Call(NamedTuple):
+    dt: datetime
+    duration_s: int
+    who: str
+
+    @property
+    def summary(self) -> str:
+        return f"talked with {self.who} for {self.duration_s} secs"
+
+
+def _extract_calls(fname: str) -> Iterator[Call]:
+    tr = etree.parse(fname)
+    for cxml in tr.findall('call'):
+        # TODO we've got local tz herer, not sure if useful..
+        # ok, so readable date is local datetime, cahnging throughout the backup
+        dt = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(int(cxml.get('date')) / 1000))
+        yield Call(
+            dt=dt,
+            duration_s=int(cxml.get('duration')),
+            who=cxml.get('contact_name') # TODO number if contact is unavail??
+            # TODO type? must be missing/outgoing/incoming
+        )
+
+def get_calls():
+    calls: Dict[datetime, Call] = {}
+    for n in sorted(BPATH.glob('calls-*.xml')):
+        # for c in _extract_calls(os.path.join(BPATH, n)):
+        #     cc = calls.get(c.dt, None)
+        #     if cc is not None and cc != c:
+        #         print(f"WARNING: {cc} vs {c}")
+        calls.update({c.dt: c for c in _extract_calls(os.path.join(BPATH, n))})
+        # always replacing with latter is good, we get better contact names
+    return sorted(calls.values(), key=lambda c: c.dt)
+
+
+def test():
+    assert len(get_calls()) > 10