diff --git a/res/scripts/stdcmd.lua b/res/scripts/stdcmd.lua
index 95ba2639..61dccba8 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdcmd.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdcmd.lua
@@ -69,21 +69,6 @@ console.add_command(
     end
 )
 
-local function FormattedTime(seconds, format ) -- from gmod
-    if not seconds then seconds = 0 end
-
-    local hours = math.floor(seconds / 3600)
-    local minutes = math.floor((seconds / 60) % 60)
-    local millisecs = (seconds - math.floor(seconds)) * 100
-    seconds = math.floor(seconds % 60)
-
-    if format then
-        return string.format(format, minutes, seconds, millisecs)
-    else
-        return {h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds, ms = millisecs}
-    end
-end
-
 console.add_command(
     "time.uptime",
     "Get time elapsed since the engine started",
@@ -91,7 +76,7 @@ console.add_command(
         local uptime = time.uptime()
         local formatted_uptime = ""
 
-        local t = FormattedTime(uptime)
+        local t = string.formatted_time(uptime)
 
         formatted_uptime = t.h .. "h " .. t.m .. "m " .. t.s .. "s"
 
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
index d634104d..5895ca06 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
@@ -305,6 +305,147 @@ set_block_rotation = block.set_rotation
 get_block_user_bits = block.get_user_bits
 set_block_user_bits = block.set_user_bits
 
+----------------------------------------------
+
+function math.clamp(_in, low, high)
+    return math.min(math.max(_in, low), high)
+end
+
+function math.rand(low, high)
+    return low + (high - low) * math.random()
+end
+
+----------------------------------------------
+
+function table.copy(t)
+    local copied = {}
+
+    for k, v in pairs(t) do
+        copied[k] = v
+    end
+
+    return copied
+end
+
+function table.count(t)
+    local count = 0
+
+    for k, v in pairs(t) do
+        count = count + 1
+    end
+
+    return count
+end
+
+function table.random(t)
+    return t[math.random(1, #t)]
+end
+
+----------------------------------------------
+
+local pattern_escape_replacements = {
+    ["("] = "%(",
+    [")"] = "%)",
+    ["."] = "%.",
+    ["%"] = "%%",
+    ["+"] = "%+",
+    ["-"] = "%-",
+    ["*"] = "%*",
+    ["?"] = "%?",
+    ["["] = "%[",
+    ["]"] = "%]",
+    ["^"] = "%^",
+    ["$"] = "%$",
+    ["\0"] = "%z"
+}
+
+function string.pattern_safe(str)
+    return string.gsub(str, ".", pattern_escape_replacements)
+end
+
+--local totable = string.ToTable
+local string_sub = string.sub
+local string_find = string.find
+local string_len = string.len
+function string.explode(separator, str, withpattern)
+    --if (separator == "") then return totable(str) end
+    if (withpattern == nil) then withpattern = false end
+
+    local ret = {}
+    local current_pos = 1
+
+    for i = 1, string_len(str) do
+        local start_pos, end_pos = string_find(str, separator, current_pos, not withpattern)
+        if (not start_pos) then break end
+        ret[i] = string_sub(str, current_pos, start_pos - 1)
+        current_pos = end_pos + 1
+    end
+
+    ret[#ret + 1] = string_sub(str, current_pos)
+
+    return ret
+end
+
+function string.split(str, delimiter)
+    return string.explode(delimiter, str)
+end
+
+function string.formatted_time(seconds, format)
+    if (not seconds) then seconds = 0 end
+    local hours = math.floor(seconds / 3600)
+    local minutes = math.floor((seconds / 60) % 60)
+    local millisecs = (seconds - math.floor(seconds)) * 100
+    seconds = math.floor(seconds % 60)
+
+    if (format) then
+        return string.format(format, minutes, seconds, millisecs)
+    else
+        return { h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds, ms = millisecs }
+    end
+end
+
+function string.replace(str, tofind, toreplace)
+    local tbl = string.Explode(tofind, str)
+    if (tbl[1]) then return table.concat(tbl, toreplace) end
+    return str
+end
+
+function string.trim(s, char)
+    if char then char = string.pattern_safe(char) else char = "%s" end
+    return string.match(s, "^" .. char .. "*(.-)" .. char .. "*$") or s
+end
+
+function string.trim_right(s, char)
+    if char then char = string.pattern_safe(char) else char = "%s" end
+    return string.match(s, "^(.-)" .. char .. "*$") or s
+end
+
+function string.trim_left(s, char)
+    if char then char = string.pattern_safe(char) else char = "%s" end
+    return string.match(s, "^" .. char .. "*(.+)$") or s
+end
+
+local meta = getmetatable("")
+
+function meta:__index(key)
+    local val = string[key]
+    if (val ~= nil) then
+        return val
+    elseif (tonumber(key)) then
+        return string.sub(self, key, key)
+    end
+end
+
+function string.starts_with(str, start)
+    return string.sub(str, 1, string.len(start)) == start
+end
+
+function string.ends_with(str, endStr)
+    return endStr == "" or string.sub(str, -string.len(endStr)) == endStr
+end
+
+----------------------------------------------
+
 function load_script(path, nocache)
     on_deprecated_call("load_script")
     return __load_script(path, nocache)