GoToSocial/internal/util/time.go

// GoToSocial
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package util

import "time"

// ISO8601 is a formatter for serializing times that forces ISO8601 behavior.
const ISO8601 = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z"
const ISO8601Date = "2006-01-02"

// FormatISO8601 converts the given time to UTC and then formats it
// using the ISO8601 const, which the Mastodon API is able to understand.
func FormatISO8601(t time.Time) string {
	return t.UTC().Format(ISO8601)
}

// Mastodon returns UTC dates (without time) for last_status_at/LastStatusAt as
// a special case, but most of the time you want to use FormatISO8601 instead.
func FormatISO8601Date(t time.Time) string {
	return t.UTC().Format(ISO8601Date)
}

// ParseISO8601 parses the given time string according to the ISO8601 const.
func ParseISO8601(in string) (time.Time, error) {
	return time.Parse(ISO8601, in)
}