package system import ( "os" "syscall" "time" "unsafe" ) var ( maxTime time.Time ) func init() { if unsafe.Sizeof(syscall.Timespec{}.Nsec) == 8 { // This is a 64 bit timespec // os.Chtimes limits time to the following maxTime = time.Unix(0, 1<<63-1) } else { // This is a 32 bit timespec maxTime = time.Unix(1<<31-1, 0) } } // Chtimes changes the access time and modified time of a file at the given path func Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time) error { unixMinTime := time.Unix(0, 0) unixMaxTime := maxTime // If the modified time is prior to the Unix Epoch, or after the // end of Unix Time, os.Chtimes has undefined behavior // default to Unix Epoch in this case, just in case if atime.Before(unixMinTime) || atime.After(unixMaxTime) { atime = unixMinTime } if mtime.Before(unixMinTime) || mtime.After(unixMaxTime) { mtime = unixMinTime } if err := os.Chtimes(name, atime, mtime); err != nil { return err } // Take platform specific action for setting create time. if err := setCTime(name, mtime); err != nil { return err } return nil }