tpl: Add time template func

Fixes #2328

diff --git a/tpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/template_funcs.go
index b04b3681012d219d1f3ce0a52c7dd624b044408b..28ac1f8858598fabb26155bc07afb71d90330d42 100644 (file)
--- a/tpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -1380,6 +1380,16 @@ func replaceRE(pattern, repl, src interface{}) (_ string, err error) {
        return re.ReplaceAllString(srcStr, replStr), nil
 }
 
+// asTime converts the textual representation of the datetime string into
+// a time.Time interface.
+func asTime(v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+       t, err := cast.ToTimeE(v)
+       if err != nil {
+               return nil, err
+       }
+       return t, nil
+}
+
 // dateFormat converts the textual representation of the datetime string into
 // the other form or returns it of the time.Time value. These are formatted
 // with the layout string
@@ -1869,6 +1879,7 @@ func init() {
                "sub":          func(a, b interface{}) (interface{}, error) { return helpers.DoArithmetic(a, b, '-') },
                "substr":       substr,
                "title":        func(a string) string { return strings.Title(a) },
+               "time":         asTime,
                "trim":         trim,
                "upper":        func(a string) string { return strings.ToUpper(a) },
                "urlize":       helpers.URLize,

diff --git a/tpl/template_funcs_test.go b/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
index 2d8f753bd9884cebaa1aa7012e565897458816aa..6246bba0ba1bcba3c6e29ea05b576c4f37f807d0 100644 (file)
--- a/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
+++ b/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ sub: {{sub 3 2}}
 substr: {{substr "BatMan" 0 -3}}
 substr: {{substr "BatMan" 3 3}}
 title: {{title "Bat man"}}
+time: {{ time "2015-01-21" }}
 trim: {{ trim "++Batman--" "+-" }}
 upper: {{upper "BatMan"}}
 urlize: {{ "Bat Man" | urlize }}
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ sub: 1
 substr: Bat
 substr: Man
 title: Bat Man
+time: 2015-01-21T00:00:00Z
 trim: Batman
 upper: BATMAN
 urlize: bat-man