refactor: stringer interface

interfaces/09-stringer/timestamp.go

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+// For more tutorials: https://blog.learngoprogramming.com
+//
+// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus
+// Learn Go Programming Course
+// License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
+//
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006
+const layout = "2006/01"
+
+// unknown is the zero value of a timestamp.
+var unknown = timestamp(time.Time{})
+
+// Timestamp prints timestamps, it's a stringer.
+// Timestamp is useful even if it's zero.
+type timestamp time.Time
+
+// String makes the timestamp a stringer.
+func (ts timestamp) String() string {
+	t := time.Time(ts)
+
+	if t.IsZero() {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+
+	return t.Format(layout)
+}
+
+// toTimestamp was "book.format" before.
+// Now it returns a timestamp value depending on the type of `v`.
+func toTimestamp(v interface{}) timestamp {
+	var t int
+
+	switch v := v.(type) {
+	case int:
+		t = v
+	case string:
+		t, _ = strconv.Atoi(v)
+	default:
+		return unknown
+	}
+
+	return timestamp(time.Unix(int64(t), 0))
+}