Remove Timestamp type, use time.Time

message.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // MessageType is the type of Message
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ type Message struct {
 	// CAUTION: this field may be removed in a
 	// future API version; it is safer to calculate
 	// the creation time via the ID.
-	Timestamp Timestamp `json:"timestamp"`
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
 
 	// The time at which the last edit of the message
 	// occurred, if it has been edited.
-	EditedTimestamp Timestamp `json:"edited_timestamp"`
+	EditedTimestamp *time.Time `json:"edited_timestamp"`
 
 	// The roles mentioned in the message.
 	MentionRoles []string `json:"mention_roles"`

state.go

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (s *State) MemberAdd(member *Member) error {
 	} else {
 		// We are about to replace `m` in the state with `member`, but first we need to
 		// make sure we preserve any fields that the `member` doesn't contain from `m`.
-		if member.JoinedAt == "" {
+		if member.JoinedAt.IsZero() {
 			member.JoinedAt = m.JoinedAt
 		}
 		*m = *member
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func (s *State) MessageAdd(message *Message) error {
 			if message.Content != "" {
 				m.Content = message.Content
 			}
-			if message.EditedTimestamp != "" {
+			if message.EditedTimestamp != nil {
 				m.EditedTimestamp = message.EditedTimestamp
 			}
 			if message.Mentions != nil {
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ func (s *State) MessageAdd(message *Message) error {
 			if message.Attachments != nil {
 				m.Attachments = message.Attachments
 			}
-			if message.Timestamp != "" {
+			if !message.Timestamp.IsZero() {
 				m.Timestamp = message.Timestamp
 			}
 			if message.Author != nil {

structs.go

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ type Integration struct {
 	ExpireGracePeriod int                `json:"expire_grace_period"`
 	User              *User              `json:"user"`
 	Account           IntegrationAccount `json:"account"`
-	SyncedAt          Timestamp          `json:"synced_at"`
+	SyncedAt          time.Time          `json:"synced_at"`
 }
 
 // ExpireBehavior of Integration
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ type Invite struct {
 	Channel        *Channel       `json:"channel"`
 	Inviter        *User          `json:"inviter"`
 	Code           string         `json:"code"`
-	CreatedAt      Timestamp      `json:"created_at"`
+	CreatedAt      time.Time      `json:"created_at"`
 	MaxAge         int            `json:"max_age"`
 	Uses           int            `json:"uses"`
 	MaxUses        int            `json:"max_uses"`
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ type Channel struct {
 	LastMessageID string `json:"last_message_id"`
 
 	// The timestamp of the last pinned message in the channel.
-	// Empty if the channel has no pinned messages.
+	// nil if the channel has no pinned messages.
-	LastPinTimestamp Timestamp `json:"last_pin_timestamp"`
+	LastPinTimestamp *time.Time `json:"last_pin_timestamp"`
 
 	// Whether the channel is marked as NSFW.
 	NSFW bool `json:"nsfw"`
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ type Guild struct {
 	// The time at which the current user joined the guild.
 	// This field is only present in GUILD_CREATE events and websocket
 	// update events, and thus is only present in state-cached guilds.
-	JoinedAt Timestamp `json:"joined_at"`
+	JoinedAt time.Time `json:"joined_at"`
 
 	// The hash of the guild's discovery splash.
 	DiscoverySplash string `json:"discovery_splash"`
@@ -782,8 +782,8 @@ type Member struct {
 	// The guild ID on which the member exists.
 	GuildID string `json:"guild_id"`
 
-	// The time at which the member joined the guild, in ISO8601.
+	// The time at which the member joined the guild.
-	JoinedAt Timestamp `json:"joined_at"`
+	JoinedAt time.Time `json:"joined_at"`
 
 	// The nickname of the member, if they have one.
 	Nick string `json:"nick"`
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ type Member struct {
 	Roles []string `json:"roles"`
 
 	// When the user used their Nitro boost on the server
-	PremiumSince Timestamp `json:"premium_since"`
+	PremiumSince *time.Time `json:"premium_since"`
 
 	// Is true while the member hasn't accepted the membership screen.
 	Pending bool `json:"pending"`

types.go

@@ -12,18 +12,8 @@ package discordgo
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 )
 
-// Timestamp stores a timestamp, as sent by the Discord API.
-type Timestamp string
-
-// Parse parses a timestamp string into a time.Time object.
-// The only time this can fail is if Discord changes their timestamp format.
-func (t Timestamp) Parse() (time.Time, error) {
-	return time.Parse(time.RFC3339, string(t))
-}
-
 // RESTError stores error information about a request with a bad response code.
 // Message is not always present, there are cases where api calls can fail
 // without returning a json message.

types_test.go

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package discordgo
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestTimestampParse(t *testing.T) {
-	ts, err := Timestamp("2016-03-24T23:15:59.605000+00:00").Parse()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if ts.Year() != 2016 || ts.Month() != time.March || ts.Day() != 24 {
-		t.Error("Incorrect date")
-	}
-	if ts.Hour() != 23 || ts.Minute() != 15 || ts.Second() != 59 {
-		t.Error("Incorrect time")
-	}
-
-	_, offset := ts.Zone()
-	if offset != 0 {
-		t.Error("Incorrect timezone")
-	}
-}