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tbrodbeck
tbrodbeck

Reputation: 528

How to declare a variable of a custom type (like time.Date) in go?

I am trying to create this block of code:

var nextWorkday time.Date
// var nextWorkday *time.Date // neither works
yyyy, mm, dd := now.Date()
goalTime, _ := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%fh", *goal))
goalSeconds := int(goalTime.Seconds())
if date.Weekday() != time.Friday { // wait till the next workday (7am + difference)
    nextWorkday = time.Date(yyyy, mm, dd+1, 7, 0, 0+goalSeconds, 0, now.Location())
} else {
    nextWorkday = time.Date(yyyy, mm, dd+3, 7, 0, 0+goalSeconds, 0, now.Location())
}
time.Sleep(nextWorkday)

The important breaking point is already the first line. I do not know how to declare a new variable of a custom type. Right now I get the error: time.Date is not a type

What am I doing wrong? Any help appreciated!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6711

Answers (1)

icza
icza

Reputation: 418377

There is no time.Date type in the standard time package. There is however a time.Time type which represents a time instant, "including" date.

time.Date() is a function which constructs a time.Time value from the provided date and time fields.

Upvotes: 8

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