// 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" ) type timestamp struct { time.Time } // timestamp knows how to decode itself from json. // // UnmarshalJSON is an implementation of the json.Unmarshaler interface. // json.Unmarshal and json.Decode call this method. func (ts *timestamp) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { *ts = toTimestamp(string(data)) return nil } // timestamp knows how to encode itself to json. // // MarshalJSON is an implementation of the json.Marshaler interface. // json.Marshal and json.Encode call this method. func (ts timestamp) MarshalJSON() (out []byte, err error) { return strconv.AppendInt(out, ts.Unix(), 10), nil } func (ts timestamp) String() string { if ts.IsZero() { return "unknown" } // Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006 const layout = "2006/01" return ts.Format(layout) } func toTimestamp(v interface{}) timestamp { var t int switch v := v.(type) { case int: // book{title: "moby dick", price: 10, published: 118281600}, t = v case string: // book{title: "odyssey", price: 15, published: "733622400"}, t, _ = strconv.Atoi(v) default: // book{title: "hobbit", price: 25}, return timestamp{} } return timestamp{ Time: time.Unix(int64(t), 0), } }