added utilities for creating notification.

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diff --git a/taskapp/utilities/notification.py b/taskapp/utilities/notification.py
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+from pytask.taskapp.models import Notification
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def create_notification(to,subject,message):
+    """
+    creates a notification based on the passed arguments.
+        to - a list of users to which the notification is to be sent
+        subject - subject of the notification message to be sent
+        message - message body of the notification
+    """
+    notification = Notification(sent_date = datetime.now())
+    notification.save()
+    notification.to = to
+    notification.sub = subject
+    notification.message = message
+    notification.save()