package timeutils import ( "strconv" "strings" "time" ) // GetTimestamp tries to parse given string as golang duration, // then RFC3339 time and finally as a Unix timestamp. If // any of these were successful, it returns a Unix timestamp // as string otherwise returns the given value back. // In case of duration input, the returned timestamp is computed // as the given reference time minus the amount of the duration. func GetTimestamp(value string, reference time.Time) string { if d, err := time.ParseDuration(value); value != "0" && err == nil { return strconv.FormatInt(reference.Add(-d).Unix(), 10) } var format string if strings.Contains(value, ".") { format = time.RFC3339Nano } else { format = time.RFC3339 } loc := time.FixedZone(time.Now().Zone()) if len(value) < len(format) { format = format[:len(value)] } t, err := time.ParseInLocation(format, value, loc) if err != nil { return value } return strconv.FormatInt(t.Unix(), 10) }