date.go

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Package parsers contains various text parser utility functions.

 
package
 
parsers

Documentation in literate-programming-style is available at: https://redhatinsights.github.io/insights-operator-utils/packages/parsers/date.html

 


import
 
(

	
"fmt"

	
"time"


)

ParseDates converts two strings to time.Time() format using the provided date format. In case of any error or if any input string is empty, error object is returned together with "null" dates.

 
func
 
ParseDates
(
dateFormat
,
 
startDate
,
 
endDate
 
string
)
 
(
startDateParsed
,
 
endDateParsed
 
time
.
Time
,
 
err
 
error
)
 
{

check if both dates are set

 
	
if
 
startDate
 
==
 
""
 
||
 
endDate
 
==
 
""
 
{

		
return
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
fmt
.
Errorf
(
"empty date"
)

	
}

try to parse first date

 
	
startDateParsed
,
 
err
 
=
 
time
.
Parse
(
dateFormat
,
 
startDate
)

	
if
 
err
 
!=
 
nil
 
{

		
return
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
fmt
.
Errorf
(
"error parsing the start date: %v"
,
 
err
)

	
}

try to parse second date

 
	
endDateParsed
,
 
err
 
=
 
time
.
Parse
(
dateFormat
,
 
endDate
)

	
if
 
err
 
!=
 
nil
 
{

		
return
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
time
.
Time
{
}
,
 
fmt
.
Errorf
(
"error parsing the end date: %v"
,
 
err
)

	
}

conversion results

 
	
return
 
startDateParsed
,
 
endDateParsed
,
 
nil


}