stash/pkg/utils/date.go

package utils

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

func ParseDateStringAsTime(dateString string) (time.Time, error) {
	// https://stackoverflow.com/a/20234207 WTF?

	t, e := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, dateString)
	if e == nil {
		return t, nil
	}

	t, e = time.Parse("2006-01-02", dateString)
	if e == nil {
		return t, nil
	}

	t, e = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", dateString)
	if e == nil {
		return t, nil
	}

	return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("ParseDateStringAsTime failed: dateString <%s>", dateString)
}