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Avoid custom time format

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Metadata

ID: go-best-practices/time-parse-format

Language: Go

Severity: Info

Category: Best Practices

Description

Make sure your code use a valid time format. See the official Go documentation for the valid time format.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

func main() {
    time.Parse("foobar", something)
    time.Parse("00", something_else);
}

Compliant Code Examples

func main() {
    time.Parse(time.ANSIC, something)
    time.Parse("2006-01-02", something_else)

    mytime := time.ANSIC
    time.Parse(mytime, another_thing)
}

How to use this rule

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rulesets:
  - go-best-practices     # Rules to enforce Go best practices.

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