package timetools import ( "strconv" "time" "gopkg.in/mgo.v2/bson" ) // We use RFC2822 format for timestamps everywhere ('Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:02:00 GMT'), but // by default Go's JSON package uses another format when decoding/encoding timestamps. // That's why we declare our own timestamp type and implement its marshal/unmarshal methods // so JSON package decodes/encodes it properly. type RFC2822Time time.Time func NewRFC2822Time(timestamp int64) RFC2822Time { return RFC2822Time(time.Unix(timestamp, 0).UTC()) } func (t RFC2822Time) Unix() int64 { return time.Time(t).Unix() } func (t RFC2822Time) IsZero() bool { return time.Time(t).IsZero() } func (t RFC2822Time) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(strconv.Quote(time.Time(t).Format(time.RFC1123))), nil } func (t *RFC2822Time) UnmarshalJSON(s []byte) error { q, err := strconv.Unquote(string(s)) if err != nil { return err } if *(*time.Time)(t), err = time.Parse(time.RFC1123, q); err != nil { return err } return nil } func (t RFC2822Time) GetBSON() (interface{}, error) { return time.Time(t), nil } func (t *RFC2822Time) SetBSON(raw bson.Raw) error { var result time.Time err := raw.Unmarshal(&result) if err != nil { return err } *t = RFC2822Time(result) return nil } func (t RFC2822Time) String() string { return time.Time(t).Format(time.RFC1123) }